mingle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move around and talk with many different people at a social event.

   The host encouraged her guests to mingle and get to know one another.

2. 2
   verb

   To mix together, or to combine one thing with another.

   The smell of coffee mingled with the scent of fresh bread.

From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

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