Meaning

2 senses

  1. To mix or blend.

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

More definitions
  • marry or cohabit with a person of another race

Origin

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

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

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Forms

miscegenates, miscegenating, miscegenated, miscegenated
Base formmiscegenate · to miscegenate
3rd person singularmiscegenates
Present participlemiscegenating
Past simplemiscegenated
Past participlemiscegenated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymiscegenate
he, she, itmiscegenates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmiscegenated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave miscegenated
he, she, ithas miscegenated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill miscegenate

Word family

4 related words
Relatedantimiscegenationmiscegenation
Derivedmiscegenatorunmiscegenated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misbehavemiscalculatemiscalculationmiscarriagemiscellaneousmischiefB1mischievous
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