miscegenate

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verb

To mix or blend.

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Meanings

verbmiscegenate (third-person singular simple present miscegenates, present participle miscegenating, simple past and past participle miscegenated)

present singular third person miscegenates · participle present miscegenating · participle past miscegenated · past miscegenated

  1. To mix or blend.
  2. To mix or blend races in marriage, or in breeding.

    Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.

    1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66
nounmiscegenate (plural miscegenates)

plural miscegenates

  1. A person born as a result of miscegenation.

    The other [house was] that of ‘the Thompsons’, an ubiquitous and energetic band of half-breeds—miscegenates of mingled Indian, Negro or gypsy blood.

    1931, Theodore Dreiser, Dawn

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
outdate

Origin

Back-formation from miscegenation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

miscegenate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscegenate

MLA

“miscegenate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscegenate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miscegenate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscegenate.

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