unmingle

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ mingle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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unmingle (third-person singular simple present unmingles, present participle unmingling, simple past and past participle unmingled)

  1. (transitive) To separate things that are mixed.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 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 []