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comingle

comingle is the alternative spelling of commingle.

Meaning of commingle

Verb

commingle (third-person singular simple present commingles, present participle commingling, simple past and past participle commingled)

  1. (transitive) To mix, to blend.
    • Even as late as the 12th century, Buddhism and solar worship were commingled, as demonstrated by a bronze "cover" in Sonakhara with the figure of the sun god: "The cover of the Sun-god was donated to the priest of the temple by Ballalasena, who was Buddhist ..."2004, Acharya S, Suns of God, Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled, page 344
  2. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
    • In the midst of a general strike and a power blackout Eric M. Gairy talked freely about what he saw as the commingled destiny of himself and the tiny emerging independent nation of Grenada.1974 July 2, “Grenada's ‘Destined’ Leader”, in The New York Times

Forms of comingle

third-person singular presentcomingles
present participlecomingling
past participlecomingled
pastcomingled

Origin of comingle

From co- + mingle.

Words that rhyme with comingle

26 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about comingle

What is comingle the alternative spelling of?
Comingle is the alternative spelling of commingle.

Words near comingle in the dictionary

  1. coming-of-age
  2. coming-out
  3. coming-out parties
  4. coming-out party
  5. coming-outs
  6. comingle
  7. comingled
  8. comingles
  9. comingling
  10. comings
  11. comings and goings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comingle (page history and authors); commingle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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