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intermelling

intermelling is the present participle and gerund of intermell.

Meaning of intermell

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
  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

Questions about intermelling

What is intermelling the present participle and gerund of?
Intermelling is the present participle and gerund of intermell.

Words near intermelling in the dictionary

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

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