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Mind   /maɪnd/   Listen
noun
Mind  n.  
1.
The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; often in distinction from the body. "By the mind of man we understand that in him which thinks, remembers, reasons, wills." "What we mean by mind is simply that which perceives, thinks, feels, wills, and desires." "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." "The mind shall banquet, though the body pine."
2.
The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as:
(a)
Opinion; judgment; belief. "A fool uttereth all his mind." "Being so hard to me that brought your mind, I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling her mind."
(b)
Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will. "If it be your minds, then let none go forth."
(c)
Courage; spirit.
3.
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
To have a mind or To have a great mind, to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; used with an infinitive. "Sir Roger de Coverly... told me that he had a great mind to see the new tragedy with me."
To lose one's mind, to become insane, or imbecile.
To make up one's mind, to come to an opinion or decision; to determine.
To put in mind, to remind. "Regard us simply as putting you in mind of what you already know to be good policy."


verb
Mind  v. t.  (past & past part. minded; pres. part. minding)  
1.
To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note. "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate." "My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play."
2.
To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business. "Bidding him be a good child, and mind his book."
3.
To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.
4.
To have in mind; to purpose. "I mind to tell him plainly what I think."
5.
To put in mind; to remind. (Archaic) "He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things." "I do thee wrong to mind thee of it."
Never mind, do not regard it; it is of no consequence; no matter.
Synonyms: To notice; mark; regard; obey. See Attend.


Mind  v. i.  To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.





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"Mind" Quotes from Famous Books



... came to depend very heavily on Ravick, up till his ship, the Claymore, was lost with all hands down in Fitzwilliam Straits. I think that was a time bomb in the magazine, but I have a low and suspicious mind. Professor Hartzenbosch has told me so repeatedly. After that, Steve Ravick was president of the Co-op. He immediately began a drive to increase the membership. Most of the new members had never been out in a hunter-ship in their lives, but they could all be depended on to vote ...
— Four-Day Planet • Henry Beam Piper
... right so it shall be to other after thee. And from hence shalt thou bear nothing; but as thou were born naked, right so all naked shall thy body be turned into earth that thou were made of. Wherefore thou shouldest think and impress it in thy mind, that nothing is immortal, but only God, that made the thing. By the which answer Alexander was greatly astonished and abashed, and all confused and departed ...
— The Travels of Sir John Mandeville • Author Unknown
... slaves in large numbers was not at first Benezet's concern. He believed that "the best endeavors in our power to draw the notice of the governments, upon the grievous iniquity and great danger attendant on a further prosecution of the slave trade, is what every truly sympathizing mind cannot but earnestly desire, and under divine direction promote to the utmost of their power." If this could be obtained, he believed the sufferings of "those already amongst us, by the interposition of the government, and even from selfish ends in their masters, would be mitigated, ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various
... of my mind, and the fatigues I had undergone, now threw me into a fever. I retired to a little ale-house by the roadside, and here I languished ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
... freezing, ages,—give us fire, Thereafter we judge fire at its full worth, And guard it safe through every chance, ye know! That fable of Prometheus and his theft, How mortals gained Jove's fiery flower, grows old {280} (I have been used to hear the pagans own) And out of mind; but fire, howe'er its birth, Here is it, precious to the sophist now Who laughs the myth of Aeschylus to scorn, As precious to those satyrs of his play, {285} Who touched it in gay wonder at the thing. While were it so with the soul,—this gift of truth Once grasped, were this our soul's ...
— Introduction to Robert Browning • Hiram Corson


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