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commistion

commistion noun: commixture.

Noun

commistion (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Commixture.
    • Of muche aboundant ſuperfluous bloude contayned in the hole body: oꝛ of muche commiſtion of the melancholy humoꝛ ⁊ the bloude to gether / by the which the bloude is enfyꝛed and chawfed: and ſo diſtendeth openeth and ſetteth abꝛoade the vaynes whiche deſcende to the matrice.1540, Eucharius [Rösslin], translated by Richard Jonas, The Byrth of Mankynde […], London: […] T[homas] R[aynalde], folio XXXV, recto
    • And there is ſcarce any Natural Body, wherein the Form makes ſo ſtrict, durable, and indiſſoluble an Union of the parts it conſiſts of, as that, which, in that Factitious Concrete we call Glaſs, ariſes from the bare commiſtion of the Corpuſcles of Sand with thoſe Saline ones, wherewith they are...1666, Robert Boyle, “Of the Origine of Forms”, in The Origine of Formes and Qualities, (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy,) Illustrated by Considerations and Experiments, […], Oxford...

Origin of commistion

From Middle English commistion, from Latin commistiō.

Questions about commistion

What does commistion mean?
Commistion means commixture.
What part of speech is commistion?
Commistion is a noun.

Words near commistion in the dictionary

  1. commissuroplasties
  2. commissuroplasty
  3. commissurotomies
  4. commissurotomized
  5. commissurotomy
  6. commistion
  7. commisure
  8. commit
  9. commit a bill
  10. commit die
  11. commit point

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