"miscegenate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: miscegenates [present, singular, third-person], miscegenating [participle, present], miscegenated [participle, past], miscegenated [past]
Etymology: From Latin misceō (“mix”) + genus (“race”). Backformation of miscegenation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|misceō||mix}} Latin misceō (“mix”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} miscegenate (third-person singular simple present miscegenates, present participle miscegenating, simple past and past participle miscegenated)
  1. To mix or blend.
    Sense id: en-miscegenate-en-verb-mv2nMSIA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. To mix or blend races in marriage, or in breeding.
    Sense id: en-miscegenate-en-verb-ZKO7MV-R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: miscegenation, antimiscegenation

Inflected forms

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