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commixt en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Originally from Middle English commixt, commixte, commyxt, from Latin commixtus, past participle of commisceō. Later re-analyzed as commix + -t (past participial ending).

Meanings

1. (archaic, form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of commix
   form of commix

commixt en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English commixten, commyxten, either from Middle French commixtre or Latin commixtus, past participle of commisceō.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To commix.
   • Oꝛ why ſhould Cirill charge Neſtoꝛius with cõmixtion in Chꝛiſt, ſeeing that he was charged with the cleane contrary (as you ſay) that he ſeperated the natures in Chꝛiſt, and did not confound and commixt them? 1551, Thomas Cranmer, An Aunswere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, […], vnto a Craftie and Sophisticall Cauillation, Deuised by Stephen Gardiner […] agaynst the True and Godly Doctrine of the Most Holy Sacrament, of the Body and Bloud of Our Sauiour Iesu Christ. […], London: […] Iohn Daye, […], published 1580, page 176:
   • Our nevve Ordnance then being founded with theſe new alligations, and alloyes are commixted with ¾ parts of red Copper, made vp in Sowes ¼ part of Bell mettal caſt alſo in Sowes, and ⅑ part of the fineſt Cornish tinne you can gett. 1640, Henry Hexham, “Treating of the Leagues, Alligations, and Commixture of mettals, wherewith Ordnance are Cast, and made in these Countries, and else where”, in The Third Part of the Principles of the Art Militarie Practised in the Warres of the United Provinces, vnder the Lords the States Generall, and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange, […], The Hague: […] Francis vander Spruyt, […], page 1:
   • I wil tel thee, / Thoſe three are partners with me in the murder, / We foure commixt the poiſon, ſhift for your ſelues. 1604 (first performance), Tho[mas] Dekker; Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], West-ward Hoe. […], London: […] [William Jaggard], and to be sold by Iohn Hodgets […], published 1607, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature [F4], verso:
   • Vſe not iuyce of poppye, or of mandrage in this cauſe, for they doe hurte: you maye make medicynes of the former thinges, or ſuche lyke in this ſorte. ℞. oyle of roſes. ℥. ij. roſewater. ℥. j. ſtrong vineger. ℥. ß. or iuyce of houſelike, or purſelaine, or lettuſe. ℥. j. and ſo commixt them. Or thus, ℞. diſtilled water of houſelyke, lettuſe, and night ſhade. ana. ℥. ij. water of cammomill. ℥. j. ß. vineger. ℥. j. commixt them, and dippe a clothe in it, and laye it all ouer the forhead, and the temples where the heare groweth not. 1583, Philip Barrough, “Of headache caused of heat”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], book I, page 3:

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