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Commixture

Commixture \Com*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. commixtura.]

  1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

    In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy.
    --Bacon.

  2. The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture.
    --Bacon.

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commixture

n. The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.

WordNet
commixture

n. the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

Usage examples of "commixture".

Such stews, such soups, such broils, such wonderful commixtures of things diverse in nature and antagonistic in properties such daring culinary experiments in combining materials never before attempted to be combined.

I think, on the commixture of the nourishing principle of the grain with the cooling properties of the water.