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intermell

intermell verb: to mix together, intermeddle, intermix.

Verb

intermell (third-person singular simple present intermells, present participle intermelling, simple past and past participle intermelled)

  1. (archaic) To mix together, intermeddle, intermix.
    • The lyfe of this wretched world whiche is alway entermelled with moche bitternes.1509, John Fisher, The Funeral Sermon of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby
    • When Fame, / Ubiquitous, to Dejaneira came— / Fame, who her facts with fictions intermells, / And falsifies the very truths she tells, / And whispered her—"Amphitryonides / Loved Iöle."1866, J. B. Rose, The Metamorphoses of Ovid. [Translated in Verse.]
  2. (archaic) To concern oneself with; to interfere.
    • As for the reſt, to ſnort in belly cheere, / To bite, to gnaw, and boldly intermell / With ſacred things, in which thou doſt excell, / Vnforc'd he'le doe.1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie

Forms of intermell

third-person singular presentintermells
present participleintermelling
past participleintermelled
pastintermelled

Origin of intermell

From Old French entremeller.

Questions about intermell

What does intermell mean?
Intermell means to mix together, intermeddle, intermix.
What part of speech is intermell?
Intermell is a verb.
What is the past tense of intermell?
The past tense of intermell is intermelled.

Words near intermell in the dictionary

  1. intermedioside
  2. intermedious
  3. intermedium
  4. intermediums
  5. intermedullary
  6. intermell
  7. intermelled
  8. intermelling
  9. intermells
  10. intermember
  11. intermembral

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