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noun

Meaning n.

That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. "If there be any good meaning towards you."

That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint.

Sense; power of thinking. (R.)

verb

Mean v. t. (past & past part. meant; pres. part. meaning)

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do? "What mean ye by this service?" "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." "I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it."

To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote. "What mean these seven ewe lambs?" "Go ye, and learn what that meaneth."

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"Meaning" Quotes from Famous Books

... in taking first the meaning of the word holy from earthly objects, and then from that deducing that holiness in God cannot mean more than it does when applied to men. The Scriptures point to the opposite way. When Old and New Testaments say, ...

— Holy in Christ - Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy • Andrew Murray

... on my hard but clean pillows, for wondering about that look of Monica's, and its meaning; and whenever I shut my eyes, hordes of red and yellow figures poured out of white houses upon white roads, forming irritating, kaleidoscopic patterns on my ...

— The Car of Destiny • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... doubtless convey a wonderful message to those of us who are clever enough to grasp its meaning; but I fear that it will be a disappointment to many admirers of Miss MARY JOHNSTON'S earlier books. Frankly I confess myself bewildered and unable to follow this excursion into the region of metaphysics; indeed I felt as if I had fallen into the hands ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 18th, 1920 • Various

... his meaning, or the Maluka's exclamation of relief, or that neither man doubted for moment that the woman was willing to be flung across deep, swirling river on a swaying wire; and as many a man has appeared brave because ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... he was shy of meeting an old friend! Rowsley Stafford was doing the honours and came forward to be introduced to Lawrence, a ceremony remarkable only because they both took an instantaneous dislike to each other. Lawrence disliked Rowsley because he was young and well-meaning and the child of a parsonage, and Rowsley disliked Lawrence because a manner which owed some of its serenity to his physical advantages, and his tailor, and his income, irritated the susceptibilities of ...

— Nightfall • Anthony Pryde

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