commixture

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The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013

The plots of which the Duke was the centre have been described with a due commixture of history and romance in Mr. Allen Upward's fascinating story, God save the Queen.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

Fair ladies mask'd are Roses in their bud; Dismask'd, their damask sweet commixture shown, Are angels veiling clouds, or Roses blown.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Mixture -- N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion†; commixion†, intermixture, alloyage†, matrimony; junction &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Theoretically this is our basis; practically there is a commixture; much of this cosmopolitan faith is mingled with much of confined self-regard.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various