单词 | commixation |
释义 | commixationn. Now rare. = commixtion n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] commixtion?a1475 temperature1538 mixture1585 commixation1605 commistion1666 mixedness1668 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 294 The trim commixation Of confus'd fancies [Fr. le vague meslange Des fantasmes confus], full of alteration, Makes th' Vnderstanding hull. 1795 R. Anderson Wks. Brit. Poets III. 108/2 The Welshmen be those ancient Britons, which..have kept their language..without commixation with any other. 1847 J. M. Wilson Rural Cycl. I. 60/2 It [sc. alcohol] mixes readily and in any proportion with water, and gives out heat during the process of commixation. 1883 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 29 Mar. 249/1 The soil..may be advantageously prepared by commixations of shell sand, limestone gravel, or any other opening calcareous substance. 2011 E. MacDonald Internat. Law & Ethics after Crit. Challenge ii. 40 Justification through the commixation of ascending and descending argumentative techniques. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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