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

Arts may flourish, and as it were by a commixture and communication of Rays, inflame one another....

From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Professor Child suspects a commixture of the two episodes in the one ballad, or more probably, a grafting of a later ballad on to an earlier one.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

The mode and time of the commixture are matters altogether beyond our knowledge.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

The opposition of colours, though not the commixture, may be called a war.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur