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  1. 1. v. t. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. an occurrence of thorough mixing Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a new word word/formed">formed by joining two others and combining their meanings Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the act of blending components together thoroughly Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. combine into one Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. blend or harmonize Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. mix together different elements Source: wordnet
  12. 12. 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. Percival. 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. Irving. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer. Source: webster

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