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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to mix [[something]] dry with [[something]] wet, [[mostly]] with a [[sense]] of mixing so as to [[soil]] or [[defile]], δάκρυσιν εἵματ' ἔφυρον they wetted, sullied [[their]] garments with tears, Il.; also c. gen., χείλεα [[φύρσω]] αἵματος Od.:—Pass., δάκρυσι πεφυρμένη Il.; αἵματι [[οἶκος]] ἐφύρθη Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of dry things, κόνει φύρουσα [[κάρα]] Eur.; γαίαι πεφύρσεσθαι κόμαν to be doomed to [[have]] one's [[hair]] [[defiled]] with [[earth]], Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. to [[mingle]] [[together]], [[confuse]], ἔφυρον [[εἰκῆ]] πάντα they [[mixed]] all things up [[together]], did all at [[random]], Aesch., etc.:—Pass. to be [[mixed]] up, ἐκ πεφυρμένου καὶ θηριώδους from a [[confused]] and [[savage]] [[state]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in Pass. also to mix with others, [[have]] [[dealings]] with him, Plat.