unmingle
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Verb[edit]
unmingle (third-person singular simple present unmingles, present participle unmingling, simple past and past participle unmingled)
- (transitive) To separate things that are mixed.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]