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▪ I. mind, n.1|maɪnd|
Forms: 1 ᵹemynd, 2–3 imunde, 3 ymunde, 2–4 munde, 2–7 minde, 3–4 muynde, muinde, 4–5 mende, meende, (5 myynde), 4–7 mynd(e, 3– mind.
[ME. mynd, repr. (the prefix ᵹe- being lost as in all other ns.) OE. ᵹemynd fem. (also neut.) = OHG. gimunt, Goth. gamund-s memory:—OTeut. *gamunđi-z, f. *ga- prefix (see y-) + *mun- wk.-grade of the root *men-, man-, mun- (:—Indogermanic *men-, mon-, mn-) to think, remember, intend. A parallel formation with different ablaut-grade is OTeut. *gaminþjom neut., whence Goth. gaminþi memory, ON. minni neut. (Sw. minne, Da. minde) memory, memorial. Other derivatives of the root are OE. munan, ᵹemunan to think, remember (= ON. munu, Goth. gamunan), myne thought (see min n.1), manian to admonish. Outside Teut. the root (Skr. man) is represented by innumerable derivatives, e.g. Skr. mati thought (= L. mens:—OAryan mn̥ti-), manas mind (= Gr. µένος rage); Gr. µέµονα I yearn, L. meminī I remember, monēre to advise.]
I. Memory.
†1. The faculty of memory. Obs.
c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) I. 288 Þurh þæt ᵹemynd se man ᵹeðencð þa ðing ðe he ᵹehyrde, oþþe ᵹeseah, oþþe ᵹeleornode. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 774 His mynde es short when he oght thynkes. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 429 She seyde she was so mazed in the see That she forgat her mynde by hir trouthe. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 191 He was so myȝty of mynde [L. tanta memoria viguit] þat he rehersed two þowsand names arewe by herte. c1440Promp. Parv. 332/1 Meendfulle, or of good meende, memoriosus.
2. The state of being remembered; remembrance, recollection. Chiefly in phrases, as
†a. (to be) in mind, to be remembered, be kept in memory. So to come in mind, to occur to one's thoughts.
a1000Boeth. Metr. vii. 39 Þær se wisdom a wunað on ᵹemyndum. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 636 Ȝo wolde þat ire name were eueremo in munde. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 49 Coueytyse-of-eyes cam ofter in mynde Þan dowel or dobet amonge my dedes alle. 1390Gower Conf. II. 67 The whos knyhtnode is yit in mende, And schal be to the worldes ende. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxiii. 28 Als lang in mynd my wark sall hald..As ony of thair werkis all.
b. to have, bear, keep, († hold) in mind: to remember, retain in memory. Now only with mixture of sense 7: To keep before one, keep one's attention fixed upon. Also in Arithmetic, † to keep in mind: to ‘carry’.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxiv. (ed. Miller) 344 Þa aras he from þæm slæpe, & eal þa þe he slæpende song fæste in ᵹemynde hæfde [L. memoriter retinuit]. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Listeð nu..and undernimeð hit on heorte and habbeð hit on minde. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 67/460 Aȝein kuynde huy sounguen þere, ase þei huy hadden in muynde hou muche he was anoured er of foules. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 1029 In the olde Romane geestes may men fynde Maurices lyf I bere it noght in mynde. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 415 He dede oon dede þat is worþy to be kepte in mynde [v.r. munde]. c1425Cursor M. 6095 (Trin.) In mynde shal ȝe holde þis day. 1431Rec. St. Mary at Hill 27 Also haue in mende of ij chales. 1550Crowley Epigr. 1228 The Lorde wyll haue all theyr iuell doynges in mynde. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxv. v, Iehovah..us in mind doth beare. 1612Colson Gen. Treas., Art Arithm. G gg 4, Which maketh 17. pence, I write 7. in a place further towards the right hand, and keepe 1. in minde, then 2. times 9. is 18. and 1. in minde maketh 19. 1656Willsford Arithm. 33, 4 times 5 is 20, for which subscribe a cypher, and keep 2 decimalls in minde;..then say 4 times 3 is 12, and 2 in minde is 14. 1827Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. v, Bearing in mind the exact position..in which I stand. 1881Mrs. Craik Sydney I. vii. 154 Will you keep in mind that we have got to be better friends? 1895Sir A. Kekewich in Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 662/2 Keeping that fact in mind.
†c. to come, fall, run (to a person) to mind: to occur to his recollection. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 553 [602] And euery word [she] gan vp and doun to wynde, That he hadde seyd as it come here to mynde. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xii. (Mathias) 219, & alsa rane hyme þane to mynd, þat he, as a wykyt man & vnkynd, had slane hyr sone. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 22 Me fel to mynde how that, not long ago [etc.]. 1433Lydg. St. Edmund iii. 61 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 415 But now to mynde kometh the champioun Off Estyngland..Callid seynt Edmund.
d. to bring, call to mind: to summon to remembrance, remember, set before one.
1433Lydg. St. Edmund iii. 381 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 420 The olde serpent..Brouht onto mynde his stat, his regalye Off tyme passid [etc.]. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. (Percy Soc.) 65 Be not to pensyfe; call to mynde agayne How of one sorowe ye do now make twayne. 1697Dryden Virg., Past. ix. 76 These, and more than I to mind can bring. 1788Burns Auld Lang Syne i, Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? 1868Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xxi, Calling these things to mind as I stroll among the Banks.
e. to be (go, pass) out of mind (also † of, from mind): to be forgotten. So † to set out of mind, to forget, disregard. Obs. exc. in the proverb, ‘Out of sight, out of mind’, and ‘time out of mind’ (see f).
c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 69, & al schulde out of mynde That in this worlde is don of al mankynde. 1421Hoccleve Complaint 80 Forgeten I was, all owte of mynde a-way. a1425Cursor M. 3196 (Trin.) Þi dede shal neuer of mynde go. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xxiii. 30 Whan man is oute of siȝt, sone he passiþ oute of mynde. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 30 Oure Englyshe prouerbe..Oute of syght, oute of minde. a1550Droichis Part Play 89 in Dunbar's Poems (S.T.S.) 317 One thowsand ȝeir is past fra mynd, Sen I was generid of his kynd. 1704M. Henry Friendly Visits 16 Though they are out of sight they are not out of Mind.
f. time out of mind, used as adv. phr. = from time immemorial; occas. † in, from time out of mind. († Also rarely, for an inconceivably long future time: cf. sense 7 c.) Formerly also of, from, out of time that no mind is (of); before, without time of mind; and simply out of mind. Similarly sith, in, within time of mind, time within mind of man = within the memory of man.
1386Rolls of Parlt. III. 225/2 As out of mynde hath he used. 1414Ibid. IV. 60/1 By old tyme, and sithe tyme of mynde. 1432Ibid. 417/1 [The inhabitants of Lymington petition] That hough tyme oute of mynde..there were wont many diverse Shippes..to come..yn to the saide Havenes. 1455Ibid. V. 337/1 Had, enjoyed and prescribed, fro the tyme that no mynde is. 1473–5Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1830) II. Pref. 61 Unto the which maner the advoweson of the church..ys and withoute tyme of mynde hath be appendaunt. 1530Palsgr. 591/1 This countray is nothyng so well inhabyted as it hath ben within tyme of mynde. 1544tr. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 36 By tytle of prescription, that is to say, from time whereof is no mind. 1566Painter Pal. Pleas. II. 307 My..sleepinge body, under toumbe, shall dreame time out of mynde. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. iv. 69. 1623 T. Scot Highw. God 12 To follow that faith which his forefathers professed time out of minde. 1700Dryden Sigismonda & Guisc. 140 The Cavern-mouth alone was hard to find, Because the Path disus'd was out of mind. 1898G. W. E. Russell Coll. & Recoll. xxii. 292 A favourite theme of satirists time out of mind.
3. [? Developed from 2 c.] to put (a person) in mind: to remind. Const. of; also how or that with clause, to with infin.
1530Palsgr. 674/2 Within this syxe dayes I wyll put hym in mynde of his promesse. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 120 This being in Asia puts me in mind, That no part of the World is so subject to earth-quakes as Asia is. 1711–12Swift Jrnl. to Stella 30 Jan., Stella used to do such tricks formerly; he puts me in mind of her. 1839James Gentl. Old Sch. xii, Pray..put my young friend, Ralph, in mind, that he promised me a visit this afternoon. 1853Lytton My Novel iii. xxix, You put me in mind of an old story. Ibid. v. ii, Jarvis, put me in mind to have these inexpressibles altered.
†4. That which is remembered of (a person or thing); the memory or record of. Also in phr. of good mind = ‘of happy memory’. Obs.
c1000ælfric De Vet. Test. (init.), Þa ᵹimeleasan men,..heora ᵹemynd is forᵹiten on halᵹum ᵹewritum. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 5 But besines of writers to oure vnkunnynge hadde i-holde and i-streyned mynde of olde dedes [L. memoriam transactorum]. 1489in Exch. Rolls Scotl. X. 121 note, The charter of umquhile owre grauntsir and faider of gud mynd quham God assoilze.
5. a. The action or an act of commemorating; something which serves to commemorate; a commemoration, a memorial.
971Blickl. Hom. 189 And feower syllice stanas on þære ilcan stowe aleᵹdon, to ᵹemynde & to cyþnesse þæs apostolican siᵹes oþ þysne andweardan dæᵹ. c1320R. Brunne Medit. 196 Yn a memorand of hym with outyn ende, He seyd, ‘makeþ þys yn my mende’. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1048 (Harl. MS.) And westward in þe mynde and in memory Of mars he haþ I-maked such an oþer [altar]. 1388Wyclif Luke xxii. 19 Do ȝe this thing in mynde of me. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xvii. (1513) K iij, Nynus..an ymage dyde make..And sette it vp, for consolacion And for a mynde, and a memoryall. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lxxxv, Here bene the princis..In mynd of quhom ar maid the bukis newe. 1433Lydg. St. Edmund i. 769 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 390 At his comyng he bilt a roial toun Which stant ther yit for a manier mynde For his arryuaile into this Regioun. a1500Wycket (1828) p. xiv, The breade is the fygure or mynde of Christes bodye in earth.
†b. spec. The commemoration of a departed soul, esp. by a requiem said or sung on the day of the funeral in any month or year following. Also, in OE., the annual commemoration of a saint. Chiefly in month's mind, twelve-month's or year's mind.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 2 May 70 On þone æfteran dæᵹ þæs monðes bið þæs halᵹan biscopes ᵹemynd sancte Athanasi. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 315 At Wynchestre he took his fader tresorie, and ȝaf moche for his fader mynde [v.r. munde; L. pro patris memoria]. 14..in Collectanea Topogr. (1836) III. 260 That xx.s. be yeve to eche of the places wher as our bodyes lyith, for holding of the mendys. 1418E.E. Wills (1882) 32, Y bequethe to..holde my Mynde euery ȝere duryng vij ȝere next folwyng after my desese,..vij li. 1486Rec. St. Mary at Hill 11 In due fourme as to a yerely mynde perteyneth. 1526in Strutt Mann. Cust. etc. (1776) III. 172 For yerely obytes, and yerelye myndes. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. Disc. xviii. 112 In the monethly minds and anniversary commemorations. 1660― Duct. Dub. ii. ii. Rule vi. §55 Upon the Anniversary, or the monthly, or weekly minds.
†6. Mention, record. Chiefly in phr. to make mind: const. of or with clause.
c1325Deo Gracias 38 in E.E.P. (1862) 125 Holichirche Muynde of hit maas. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. ix. 121 Of such synful shrewes þe sauter maketh mynde. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. vi. (Gibbs MS.), And ȝytte þowe þer was so myche nede I fynd noo mynde of furrures or pylches. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1723 The bible makiþ no maner of mynde Wheþer þat pharäo lay by hire oght. 1433Lydg. St. Edmund iii. 765 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 427 Blyssid Fremund,—afforn heer put in mynde. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 70 Specyally on fryday, where is made mynde of oure lordes holy passyon. Ibid. 191 Holy scrypture..makyth no mynde that he was vnobedyente [etc.].
II. Thought; purpose, intention.
†7.
a. The action or state of thinking about something; the thought of (an object). Chiefly in phrase to have mind of (also on, upon): to think of, give heed to. Also const. how or that and clause, and to with inf. (= be careful to do). Similarly to take mind to, upon. Obs.
971Blickl. Hom. 83 Se þe nu forhoᵹaþ þæt he Godes bebodu healde, oþþe æniᵹ ᵹemynd hæbbe Drihtnes eaþmodnesse. a1250Owl & Night. 252 So doþ þat beoþ of þine cunde, Of lihte nabbeþ hi none imunde. c1275Passion of our Lord 6 in O.E. Misc. 37 Lute ymvnde hi hedde of gode. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5867 Pers, I haue mynde of þe. c1325Poems temp. Edw. II (Percy) lxvi, And ȝet is ther non man That to God taketh mynde With ryȝte. c1380Lay Folks Catech. (MS. L) 607 Fyrst haue mende how god made heuyn and erthe. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4997 Þat þei þat haue of him lest þought & mynde By þis peynture may ageyn him fynde. c1440Alphabet of Tales 93 Þer was a bruther þat gretelie was turment with mynd of a womman þat he saw som tyme. c1450Cov. Myst. xxv. (Shaks. Soc.) 240 But now mervelous mendys rennyn in myn rememberawns. 1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 7 He shall fynde y⊇ mynde of deth y⊇ princypall salue of all manner synnes. 1550Crowley Last Trumpet 245 Haue minde, therfore, thyselfe to holde Within the bondes of thy degre. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 302 b, Yt..they will have some consideration, and mynde of hym [L. ut ipsius rationem habeant]. 1589R. Robinson Gold. Mirr. (Chetham Soc.) 34 Haue minde vpon thy mercy Lord.
†b. to put (a person) in mind: to suggest an idea to (him). Obs.
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 37 He feared that hee shoulde rather put men in minde to commit such offences.
†c. out of mind: more than one can calculate.
a1400–50Alexander 3018 He had of men out of mynde many mayn hundreth.
8. That which a person thinks about any subject or question; one's view, judgement, or opinion. Now chiefly in phrases: see 9.
a1400Octouian 888 The good wyf seyd: ‘Be Seynt Denys, Swyche ys my mende’. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 Preamble, The seid Frensche Kyng..abydyng in his seid indurat & pervart opynyons & erronyous mynde. 1530Palsgr. 680/1 I reason with one in a mater to fele his mynde in it. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 1 b, Such as could not be there present he desyred to send their myndes in wryting. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 17 Widow, we will consider of your suit And come some other time to know our minde. 1689Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 250 The Governor Desired Every Member of y⊇ board would deliver his minde, and give him advice therein. 1706Pope Let. to Wycherley 10 Apr., Pray let me know your mind in this, for I am utterly at a loss. 1781J. Moore View Soc. It. (1790) II. lxv. 294 Would to heaven these doubters would keep their minds to themselves.
9. Phrases.
a. to speak one's mind (out): to give one's judgement or opinion; esp. to express one's sentiments candidly or plainly, to speak freely. Similarly to tell (a person) one's mind, to let (a person) know one's mind. For a piece or bit of one's mind, see piece n. 2 d, bit n.2 4.
1508Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. cii. Wks. (1876) 140 A mannes entent or mynde spoken by his owne mouth moueth more the herer than it were shewed & spoken by ony other. 1530Palsgr. 478/2 And I may catche hym ones, I shall tell hym more of my mynde. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. iii. 75 Your betters haue indur'd me say my minde. 1600― A.Y.L. ii. vii. 59 Giue me leaue To speake my minde. 1676Marvell Mr. Smirke 44 'Tis happy that some or other of this Few chances ever and anon to speak their minds out, to shew us plainly what they would be at. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life vii. lxxvii, I let them know my mind in a manner that pretty effectually secures me from this ‘misery’, for the rest of that sitting. 1845Browning Soul's Trag. i. 207 I've spoke my mind too fully out.
b. to be of († rarely in) a (specified) mind: to hold an opinion. to be of (another's) mind: to be of his way of thinking, agree in opinion.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. Ep. Ded., Hee was alwaies of opinion and minde, that..learning, is not to be sought for in bookes. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. ii. 107 Sweet Yorke, sweet husband, be not of that minde. 1600― A.Y.L. v. iv. 75 He sent me word, if I said his beard was not cut well, hee was in the minde it was. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xvii. §20 If these men are of the Mind, That they have clearer Ideas of infinite Duration, than of infinite Space. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Pope 1 Apr., I don't doubt you'll be of my mind. 1871Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Apr. 242 I'm of Bradshawe's mind in the matter.
c. in my mind: in my judgement or opinion, as I think. ? Obs. Similarly to my mind (cf. 14 b).
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxiv. 34 The kyng..sayd, in his mynde, there was no realme coude be compared to y⊇ realme of Fraunce. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i, Anthonio, gratifie this gentleman, For in my minde, you are much bound to him. 1602― Ham. i. iv. 14 (Qo. 1604) But to my minde..it is a custome [etc.]. 1663Cowley Ess. iii. Obscurity, It is, in my Mind, a very delightful Pastime. 1813Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 501 The modern cestus,..is not, in my mind, an agreeable ornament. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. I. xvi. 182 The other is but a loutish young fellow, to my mind.
d. to be of one or a mind: to agree in judgement, purpose, or opinion; to be unanimous. † with one mind: unanimously, with one accord.
1496in Lett. & Papers Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) II. 67 If we hadde alle here ben of oone mynde in folowyng directly the Kinges mynde. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. x. 178 With ane mynde thay did consent togidder Dauid to slay. 1601Shakes. All's Well i. iii. 244 He and his Phisitions Are of a minde. 1611― Cymb. v. iv. 212, I would we were all of one minde, and one minde good. a1712Granville Ess. Unnat. Flights Poetry 74 And, by the Tyrant's Murder, we may find That Cato and the Gods were of a Mind. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 537 When men have anything to do in common, that they should be of one mind is a pleasant thing. 1877Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 70 Here they were, all of a mind, and all ready to start.
†e. against the mind of (a person): in opposition to his judgement, wish, or opinion, without his approbation or consent. Also without the mind of. Obs.
1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 Preamble, The said John..fortuned to be slayn..ayenst the will and mynde of your seid Beseecher. 1553Becon Reliques Rome (1563) 213 The Councell which is celebrated without the mynde and consent of the Romyshe Byshop. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. iii. x. 151 Cassenius against the mind of all Anatomists draws its original from the Pinnæ of the Nose. 1698Hearne Duct. Hist. I. iii. ix. 324 Themistocles..brought the Athenians back to their City, which they fortified, and added the Pyreum to it much against the Spartans' Mind.
10. Purpose or intention; desire or wish. Obs. exc. in phrases: see 11.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9544 Þo was it muche is munde To come & winne engelond. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxxvi. 213 With hym went a varlet, who was priuy to his mynde. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 125 God's mind was to astringe and bind the Church perpetually to it. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. iii. 1 Vnckle Marcus, since tis my Fathers minde That I repaire to Rome, I am content. 1597Bacon Ess., Suitors (Arb.) 40 Manie ill matters are vndertaken, and many good matters with ill mindes. 1656in Burton's Diary (1828) I. 302 To enquire with what mind this was done. 1667Milton P.L. v. 452 Sudden mind arose In Adam, not to let th' occasion pass.
11. Phrases.
†a. to fulfil one's mind, bring one's mind to pass: to accomplish one's purpose, satisfy one's desire. to have or obtain one's mind: to get what one wants. for one's mind's sake: to gratify one's whim. Obs.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. (Percy Soc.) 75 Longynge ryght sore my mynde to fulfyll. 1530Palsgr. 499/1 It shall coste me a fall, but I wyll have my mynde. Ibid. 865/1 For my myndes sake, pour satisfaire a ma phantasie. 1598F. Rous Thule N 2 b, And she as women wont will haue her minde. 1614Raleigh Hist. World II. v. iv. §1. 585 This war he vndertooke as it were for his mindes sake: hauing receiued no iniurie. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 82 Because I see that thou dost so earnestly desire it, I will fulfil thy mind as well as I can.
†b. by, according to the mind of (a person): by desire or after the direction of. (Cf. 14 b.) Obs.
1523–4Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1904) 322 Paid to the Orgon maker by þe mynde of Mr person for mendyng the Orgons, iij s iiij d. 1618Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 74 Item more they receyved which was given by William Ord, and lent to fower poore folk according to his minde, xl s.
c. to know one's own mind: to form and adhere to a decision without shilly-shallying; to have a line of action and keep to it.
1824Scott St. Ronan's xii, The report..that the young Earl of Etherington..intended to pass an hour, or a day, or a week, as it might happen, (for his lordship could not be supposed to know his own mind,) at St. Ronan's Well. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 475 And others laugh'd at her and Philip too, As simple folk that knew not their own minds. 1888[see chop v.2 4 c].
d. to make up one's mind: see make v.1 96 k.
e. † to be of divers or many minds: to waver in purpose, to chop and change (obs.). to be in two minds: to vacillate between two intentions; similarly to be in twenty minds.
1530Palsgr. 428/1, I am of dyverse myndes, je me varie... I wolde be glad to deale with hym, but the man is of so dyverse myndes that there is no holde at hym. 1738Swift Pol. Conversat. 55 You'll never be mad, you are of so many Minds. 1751R. Paltock P. Wilkins (1884) I. xxi. 208, I was in twenty minds whether to take her first, and then catch the chickens, or to let her go off, and then clap upon them. 1850Dickens Dav. Copp. xxv, This missive (which I was in twenty minds at once about recalling, as soon as it was out of my hands). Ibid. xli, I was in several minds how to dress myself on the important day. 1853― Child's Hist. II. 171 Jack [Cade]..was in two minds about fighting or accepting a pardon. 1881E. D. Brickwood in Encycl. Brit. XII. 197/2 However bold the horse may be, he will soon refuse water if his rider be perpetually in two minds when approaching a brook.
† f. to be in or of mind, to be disposed or minded, to purpose, desire (to do something); occas. to be in great mind, of good mind, in a good mind (cf. 13 a). of mind, with purpose or intention (to do something). to run (one) in mind, to become a purpose or resolution. to bring one in mind, to persuade. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 248 Þane rane hym in mynde in hy þat he vald firste quyke þam fla. a1400–50Alexander 1254 Sir meliager was in grete mynd a man owt to send To alexander. 1513More Rich. III in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 763 He secretly..caused the Queene to be perswaded and brought in minde, that it..should be ieopardous the king to come vp so strong. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccli. 796 Wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey, who was in mynde to remedy it. 1586Let. Earle Leycester 13 Neither did I it of minde to circumvent her. 1599Reg. Privy Council Scot. (1884) VI. 40 His Majestie being of gude mynd that the said Sir George be satisfeit of the saidis debursmentis, as ressone requyris. a1617Bayne Lect. (1634) 233 Pharaoh [was] in a good minde, as wee say, to let the people goe. 1661C. Lyttelton in Hatton Corr. (Camden) 24, I doe not find my brother of the mind he seemed at first to be of to buy it. a1814Gonzanga ii. i. in New Brit. Theatre III. 113 Oh lud! if I can but get her in the mind to have me.
g. to pay no mind, not to pay any mind: to pay no heed or attention (to someone or something); not to care or worry. U.S. colloq. and dial.
1916Dialect Notes IV. 269, I pay no mind to that. 1932W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 275, I aint never paid it no mind. 1969Rolling Stone 28 June 19/2 He..doesn't pay any mind if his calf shows when he crosses his legs. 1971Black World Oct. 63/2, I don't pay her no mind.
12. to change one's mind, to alter one's purpose, opinion, way of thinking, disposition towards others, etc. Similarly, one's mind changes.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. ii. 59 You are already loues firme votary, And cannot soone reuolt, and change your minde. 1601― Jul. C. ii. ii. 96 If you shall send them word you will not come, Their mindes may change. 1615W. Lawson Country Housew. Gard. (1626) 44, I haue changed my mind concerning the disease called the worme. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 121 Cardinall Allan an Englishman, having used to persecute the English..had changed his mind, since the English had overthrowne the Spanish Navy. 1719J. Allen in J. Duncombe Lett. (1773) I. 214, I have lived to change my mind, and am almost of the contrary opinion. 1842Tennyson Dora 45 It cannot be: my uncle's mind will change! 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius vi, Her first impulse was to change her mind and not go after all.
13. to have a mind:
a. (With expressed inf.) To wish, desire, be inclined or disposed to do (something). Also with qualifying word, to have a great, good, etc., mind, to have no mind. Somewhat arch. exc. in to have a good or great mind, to have half a mind, now = to be strongly disposed or inclined (to do something which one can do if one wishes), to have nearly made up one's mind (to do it). (See also month's mind.)
The confused form I'm a good mind is still current in some localities as a vulgarism.
a1400in Rel. Ant. II. 44 For the greet mynde that he hath to done his maystris wille. c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 12, I have a great mynd to be a lecherous man. 1618Bolton Florus (1636) 268 Pompey driven away, and fled, he had a more minde to take order for securing the Provinces, than to pursue him. 1632Chapman & Shirley Ball iii. i. (1639) D 3 b, Harke you Mounsieur, this gentleman has a great Minde to learne to dance. 1666S. Parker Free & Impart. Censure (1667) 181 And now I have a mind to set up for a Maker of Hypotheses. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiii. §179 The duke of Lorrayne had a very good mind to get a footing in Ireland. 1711Addison Spect. No. 45 ⁋6 As I had a mind to hear the Play, I got out of the Sphere of her Impertinence. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World (1757) 462 They had half a mind to refuse me a passage. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 26 It was lucky for us that we did not follow the nuptial procession (which we had more than half a mind to do). 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 65 I'm a good mind to have his throat cut. 1853Lytton My Novel x. iii, She had half a mind to reply.—‘Is that so strange?’ But her respect for Harley stopped her. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vi. ii. (1865) II. 47 My Brother and I had all the mind in the world to laugh. 1870Rogers Hist. Gleanings Ser. ii. 102 He had little mind to be a martyr, but he had still less a mind to be a knave. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xvii. 54 He had no mind to be a mere conqueror.
b. with ellipsis of the inf. (In relative and ‘if’ clauses.)
a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. §38 Without..restraining them from making incursions where they had a mind. 1737[S. Berington] G. di Lucca's Mem. (1738) 261 When they have dropp'd all [the wild Boars] that are dangerous, and as much as they haue a mind, they open their Toils. 1826Scott Let. to J. B. S. Morritt 6 Feb. in Lockhart, I have no idea of these things preventing a man from doing what he has a mind. 1848Thackeray Lett. 1 Aug., Those who had a mind were free to repair to a magnificent neighbouring saloon. 1874G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xxi. III. 22 They could..burn us out if they had a mind.
¶ In mod. colloquial use the to of an inf. suppressed by ellipsis is often retained. (See to prep.)
The quots. below enclosed in square brackets are probably to be explained as instances of the idiom by which a prep. governing a relative expressed or understood is removed to the end of the sentence (cf. quots. 1674, 1711, 1726 in d). But the indefiniteness of the antecedent and the presence of a transitive verb in the sentence render the passages liable to be taken as anticipations of the modern colloquial practice, which may indeed have been partly developed from expressions of this kind.
[1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 519 Enquire what thou hast a mind to. 1734Ld. Chesterfield in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) II. 115 Amoretto was with difficulty prevailed upon to eat and drink as much as he had a mind to. 1744Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 4 (1748) I. 189 As our sex has the privilege of saying whatever we have a mind to. 1827Scott Highl. Widow v, In order to gain his consent to do something he had no mind to.] 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. ii, I don't need to hire any of my hands out, unless I've a mind to. 1871Lippincott's Mag. 27 Mar. 282 You can call me when you are a-mind to. 1895‘Heatherbell’ in Scott. Antiquary X. 79 They..thought they could deal as they had a mind to with his property.
c. with dependent clause.
1673Temple Observ. United Prov. ii. 95 They had no mind that Her Ambassador should be present. 1705Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. X. 65, I believe he had no mind it should be done whilst I was there.
d. With to and n.: † To be favourably disposed towards (a person) (obs.); to have a liking for (an occupation); to wish to possess or obtain (something). Now somewhat arch.
1530Palsgr. 580/1, I have a mynde to one, I have a favoure to hym. 1605Lond. Prodigal i. ii, I have a great mind to this gentleman in the way of Marriage. 1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass i. ii, They doe say, H'will meet a man (of himselfe) that has a mind to him. If hee would so, I haue a minde and a halfe for him. 1674Butler Hud. i. i. 214 That..Compound for Sins, they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to. 1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1731 I. 457, I never had less mind to any Journey in my Life. 1711Steele Spect. No. 145 ⁋6 There visits among us an old Batchelor whom each of us has a Mind to. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. ii, In a few Days, I was able to call for whatever I had a Mind to. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. lviii, The blacksmith said to me the other day that his 'prentice had no mind to his trade.
e. With for, † of: To wish for, desire.
1616[see d]. 1775Johnson Let. to Taylor 8 Apr., When shall I come down to you? I believe I can get away pretty early in May, if you have any mind of me. 1790Bystander 134 When he has a mind of a little fun. 1855Prescott Philip II, ii. iii, Philip had no mind for a second collision with the papal court. 1871Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Jan. 45 We have no mind for a sousing.
14. a. Bent or direction of thoughts, desires, inclinations, etc. In phrases, as one's mind is (or runs) on, one attends to, thinks of, is interested in. to set (have, keep) one's mind on: to desire to attain or accomplish, put or keep before one as an object of desire. to give one's mind to: to addict oneself to (a study or practice); to bend one's energies towards accomplishing or attaining (an object).
a1400–50Alexander 269 Ȝe behald me sa hogely, quareon is ȝour mynd? 1475Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. III. 129 My mynde is now nott most uppon bokes. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) II. 106 For a ryche man settynge theron his mynde Shal into heuen right hardly passage fynde. Ibid. 169 Gyue nat your myndes to gylefull vsury. 1677A. Horneck Gt. Law Consid. iv. (1704) 105 The wolf..sent to school to learn to spell, could make nothing of all that was said to him but sheep. His mind still ran upon that. 1827Disraeli Viv. Grey v. xv, I've set my mind upon your joining the party. 1850Dickens Dav. Copp. xxxv, Sordid and selfish as I knew it was..to let my mind run on my own distress so much. 1859Tennyson Vivien 476 And since he kept his mind on one sole aim. 1861Stanley East. Ch. vi. (1869) 254 But each of the sacraments must often have been deferred to a time when the candidates could give their whole minds to the subject.
b. to one's mind: according to one's wish, to one's taste or liking, as one would have it to be. Also † according to, after one's mind.
1530Palsgr. 580/1, I have a person or a beest accordyng to my mynde, I have them in suche awe as I desyre. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. vii. 26 Yf thou haue a wife after thine owne mynde, forsake her not. ― 1 Macc. iv. 6 Which had nether harnesse ner sweardes to their myndes. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 509 It was however, some Time before we could get a Ship to our Minds. c1790J. Imison Sch. Art ii. 92 You may brighten it to your mind by the above mixture. 1847Helps Friends in C. (1873) I. viii. 130 Commands are expected to be fulfilled..exactly to the mind of the person ordering.
15. a. Inclination, tendency, or way of thinking and feeling, in regard to moral and social qualities; moral disposition; a spirit or temper of a specified character. † to bear a (specified) mind: to entertain (such and such) sentiments. For frame of mind see frame n. 6.
1500–20Dunbar Poems ix. 129 Off mynd dissymvlat, Lord! I me confess. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 3 b, Luther..reproveth his cruell and bloudy mynde. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. v. iii. 13 Feare not: he beares an honourable minde, And will not vse a woman lawlesly. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 29 To be willing to die, and content to liue is the minde of a strong Christian. 1777Burke Let. Sheriffs of Bristol Wks. 1842 I. 207 But the war is not ended; the hostile mind continues in full vigour. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 334 For manners are not idle, but the fruit Of loyal nature, and of noble mind. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. App. 748 He was then brought to a better mind by a rebuke from a Christian. 1884Child Ballads I. 278/1 Hugo was evidently not in a state of mind to go [sc. to mass].
†b. The way in which one person is affected towards another; disposition or intention towards others. to bear good mind to: to be well disposed towards. Obs.
1470Tiptoft Cæsar's Comm. x. (1530) 12 Whome he had knowen and sene so specyally aboue other to bere hys good myne [? read mynde] and fydelyte toward hym. 1530Palsgr. 449/2, I beare hym good mynde, je suis affectionné enuers luy. c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 74 Ye knowe very well she beareth the Churche good mynde. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 707 The more number of the nobilitie, bare towarde king Henry..their good minds and fixed hartes. 1580Stow Chron. Eng. Ep. Ded. ⁋iij b, Not doubting but your Lordship..will..vouchesafe to accepte this Monument of my affectionate minde. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. ii. 33, I would I knew his minde. 1611Bible Acts xii. 20 marg., Herode bare an hostile mind intending warre.
16. State of thought and feeling in respect to dejection or cheerfulness, fortitude or fearfulness, firmness or irresoluteness, and the like.
1500–20Dunbar Poems lxvii. 7 Quho had all riches vnto Ynd, And wer not satisfiet in mynd. 1530Palsgr. 674/2 He was never quyette in his mynde tyll I did put hym in a suertye. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 163 A turne or two Ile walke To still my beating minde. 1611Bible Acts ii. 6 The multitude were confounded [marg. troubled in mind]. a1631Donne Paradoxes (1652) 24 For our minde is heavy in our bodies affliction. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1120 Not at rest or ease of Mind, They sate them down to weep. Ibid. 1125 High Passions..shook sore Thir inward State of Mind. 1743Shenstone Past. Ballad iii, O how, with one trivial glance, Might she ruin the peace of my mind! 1852M. Arnold Empedocles i. ii. 29 Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play.
III. Mental or psychical being or faculty.
17. a. The seat of a person's consciousness, thoughts, volitions, and feelings; the system of cognitive and emotional phenomena and powers that constitutes the subjective being of a person; also, the incorporeal subject of the psychical faculties, the spiritual part of a human being; the soul as distinguished from the body.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxviii. 93 For i lif in þi laghe, it may noght slip out of my mynde. c1440Generydes 480 She ..told hym all that lay sore in hir mynd. 1530Palsgr. 430/2, I am wery for occupyeng of the mynde to moche. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. vi. 30 While other sports are tasking of their mindes. 1643R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 109 While they stand, the scribe and others number them in their mind. 1690Locke Hum. Und. i. ii. §5 No Proposition can be said to be in the Mind..which it was never yet conscious of. 1692― Educ. §31 Due care being had to keep the Body in Strength and Vigour, so that it may be able to obey and execute the Orders of the Mind. 1768,1834[see cross v. 13]. 1794W. Roberts Looker-On No. 88 III. 425 Suppose a person..to store up in his mind certain leading passages from Scripture. 1827Southey Penins. War II. 352 No such thought had ever entered Reding's mind. 1851Bp. C. Wordsworth Mem. Wordsw. I. 81 His mind was filled with gloomy forebodings. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 6 Hardly a sentence is there that did not come forth alive from Voltaire's own mind. 1887E. E. Money Dutch Maiden (1888) 56 Now, will you turn this over in your mind?
b. Instances of philosophical definition of this.
1704Norris Ideal World ii. iii. 133 By Mind I think we are properly to mean that power which both perceives and wills. 1785Reid Intell. Powers i. ii. 42 We do not give the name of mind to thought, reason, or desire; but to that being which thinks, which reasons, which desires. 1843Mill Logic I. iii. §8 Mind is the mysterious something which feels and thinks. 1846G. Moore Power of Soul over Body (ed. 3) 73 Unfortunately the word mind has been almost universally employed to signify both that which thinks, and the phenomena of thinking.
c. on one's mind: occupying one's thoughts; said esp. of something which causes anxiety.
1850Dickens Dav. Copp. xxxiv, I knew my aunt sufficiently well to know that she had something of importance on her mind. 1853Lytton My Novel vi. v, I asked him if he had not anything on his mind. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 396 Annie, there is a thing upon my mind.
d. one's mind's eye: mental view or vision, remembrance.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2895 Haue often him byfore your myndes ye. 1602,1818[see eye n.1 4 d]. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect II. 320 One such scene is in my mind's eye at this moment.
e. Used with reference to God.
1612Bacon Ess. Atheism (Arb.) 330, I had rather beleeue all the fables in the Legend, and the Alcaron, then that this vniuersall frame is without a minde. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iv. x. (end), That eternal infinite Mind, who made and governs all Things. 1732Pope Ess. Man. i. 266 Just as absurd, to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing Mind of All ordains. 1807Wordsw. Ode Intimat. Immortality viii, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind.
f. In generalized sense: Mental or psychical being: opposed to matter.
1759Johnson Rasselas xlviii, The immateriality of mind, and..the unconsciousness of matter. 1879Lindsay Mind in Lower Anim. I. 51 Little is at present known of the phenomena of mind in the lowest classes of animals. 1898Illingworth Divine Immanence i. §1. 4 Thus matter, as we know it, is everywhere and always fused with mind.
g. A person regarded abstractly as the embodiment of mental qualities (thought, feelings, disposition, etc.).
c1580Sidney Ps. xxxiv. ix, To humble broken minds, This Lord is ever, ever neare. c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxvii. 5 That I haue frequent binne with vnknown mindes. 1642Lovelace To Althea, from Prison iv, Mindes innocent and quiet take That for an Hermitage. 1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad Introd. 35 Some of the Portuguese courtiers, the same ungenerous minds perhaps who advised the rejection of Columbus because he was a foreigner. 1864Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. vii. (1875) 109 The Papacy..under the guidance of her greatest minds, of Hildebrand, of Alexander [etc.].
h. In collective sense; spec. = sense n. 18 b.
1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 13 In this age it was peculiarly easy to deceive, but difficult to enlighten, the public mind. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 206 If the national mind of America be judged of by its legislation, it is of a very high order. 1883Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 5/1 This cleavage of the religious mind of Europe into two extreme camps. 1951E. Barker Princ. Social & Pol. Theory ii. vi. 72 We sometimes speak of the ‘mind’ of a meeting, or the ‘sense’ of a meeting... We only mean that there is a common content of the many minds, and the many senses, which are present and active in the meeting. 1971Scotsman 20 May 1/7 Mr Herron said he was not ruling the report out of order. ‘I want to take the mind of the Assembly on this.’
18. a. In more restricted application: The cognitive or intellectual powers, as distinguished from the will and emotions. Often contrasted with heart.
c1200Ormin 17572 & sawle iss ec wurrþlike shridd Þurrh Godd..Wiþþ witt & wille & minde. c1350Will. Palerne 4123 Wel I wot..þat he [the werwolf] has mannes munde more þan we boþe. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxii. 37 Thou shalt loue the Lord thi God, of al thin herte, and in al thi soule, and in al thi mynde. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 997 Mynde, ee, and hand, non may fro othir flitte. c1639Cowley On Death of Sir H. Wotton, He did the utmost Bounds of Knowledge find, He found them not so large as was his Mind. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 722 Possessor of a soul refined, An upright heart, and cultivated mind.
b. Intellectual quality, intellect, mental power.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. xliv. x, His eye of deepest minde Deeper sincks then deepest working. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey ii. ix, Blue eyes, lit up by a smile of such mind and meaning! 1827Ibid. vi. iv, But his pupil appears to be a man of mind. 1855Tennyson Maud i. i. vii, But these are the days of advance, the works of the men of mind. 1876‘Ouida’ Winter City iii, You mean there can be no mind in an imitation.
c. absence, presence of mind: see those words.
19. a. The healthy or normal condition of the mental faculties, the loss or impairment of which constitutes insanity; one's ‘reason’ or ‘wits’. Chiefly in phrases, as (to be, go) out of one's mind, † out of mind, (Sc.) by one's mind; to lose one's mind; to be in one's right mind, etc.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 511 For he had welnye loste his mynde. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy (E.E.T.S.) 4276 Almost for wo he went out of his mynde. c1440Gesta Rom. lxix. 317 (Harl. MS.) Þe maister of þe ship was halfe out of mynde. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) I. 295 Than lepe they about as folke past theyr mynde. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 353 Normond with this ansuer was halfe by his mynd. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. vii. 63, I feare I am not in my perfect mind. 1847Tennyson Princess vii. 84 And still she fear'd that I should lose my mind. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 663 He was drunk, they said, or out of his mind, when he was turned off.
b. in wills, etc., of sound (or unsound) mind, † in good mind, † whole of mind, etc.
1395E.E. Wills (1882) 4, I Alice West,..in hool estat of my body, and in good mynde beynge. 1418Ibid. 30 Hole of mynde & in my gode memorie beyng. 1430Ibid. 85 Beyng in full mende. 1438–9Ibid. 129 Beyng yn hole mynde & goode witte. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 541 To prove that the said Nicholas was of unsound mind at the time of the said fine taken. 1826[see memory 2 b].
†c. One's waking consciousness. Obs.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame ii. 56 And with that vois soth for to seyne My mynde came to me ageyne.
† IV. 20. A quantity, number, or amount (of something). [Of obscure development: cf. 7 c.]
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3676 Fro lond ortigie cam a wind, And broȝte turles michel mind. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1888 In fewe ȝeres al þe kynde Of folk, þey woxen mykel mynde. Ibid. 16436 Þorow roten eyr, þorow wykkede wyndes, In alle stedes men dide gret myndes. 13..Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXI. 113/24 Heuene-kyngdom is lyk ȝut To a net..Þat of alle ffissches kuynde, Gedereþ in to him muche muynde. a1400–50Alexander 1245 Slik a mynd vn-to me ware meruaill to reken, Thretti thousand in thede of thra men of armes.
V.
21. a. attrib. and Comb., as mind-conditioning, mind-content, mind-dependence, mind-doctor, mind-event, mind-force, mind-hunger, mind-malady, † mind-parts, mind-picture, mind-searching, mind-wandering, mind-world; mind-altering, mind-changing, mind-constructed, mind-dependent, mind-destroying, mind-healing, mind-infected, mind-like, mind-made, † mind-mudding, mind-numbing, mind-perplexing, mind-ravishing, mind-sick, mind-stretching, † mind-stricken, mind-torturing, mind-weary adjs.
1972N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 39/3 A deluge of *mind-altering drugs. 1974Publishers Weekly 7 Jan. 50/2 LSD..and other mind-altering drugs.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 116 What strange humor or *mind-changing opinion tooke you this morning? 1956A. Huxley Let. 14 Mar. (1969) 791 Soma, in India, was taken only by the priests... I dare say some of the tropical takers of mind-changing stuff may have hit upon the Indian device independently. 1973Houston (Texas) Chron. Texas Mag. 14 Oct. 4/1 PDAP defines mind-changing chemicals as alcohol, all narcotics, marijuana and such organics as peyote, i.e., anything inducted into the body to alter the mind.
1945R. Knox God & Atom ix. 131 There is a steady policy, all over eastern Europe, of anti-religious *mind-conditioning.
1930J. Laird Knowl., Belief & Opinion xii. 284 By a mentefact, I mean that which is *mind-constructed. 1940Mind XLIX. 428 The word as an element in language is a very special kind of fact,..as a thought-thing or mind-constructed thing.
1936H. Mulder Cognition & Volition in Lang. 163 The intellectual components of a *mind-content.
1923C. D. Broad Sci. Thought viii. 251 We must distinguish a more and a less radical sense of ‘*mind-dependence’. 1951Mind LX. 114 The mind-dependence is dependence on some mental process.
1881A. C. Fraser Berkeley i. iii. 32 It is an argument for the phenomenal, and therefore *mind-dependent, nature of the material world. 1927Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. VII. 56 Even if sense-data and images, or presentations, are taken to be existentially and qualitatively mind-dependent, to ‘inspect’ them will plainly be a process very different from that of noticing or scrutinizing mental operations. 1933Mind XLII. 362 Berkeley's failure to demonstrate the mind-dependent character of the secondary qualities.
1886Haldane & Kemp tr. Schopenhauer's World as Will & Idea II. 211 A mere juggling with words, of which the most shocking example is afforded us by the *mind-destroying Hegelism. 1975Deb. Senate Canada 20 June 6984/1 In an age when our society is becoming complex, when many of the industrial functions are becoming routine and boring, and some of them, I am told by some people on assembly lines, are becoming mind destroying, there is some advantage to that kind of thing.
1940Mind XLIX. 352 It is a book worth reading..because of her power to look afresh at what is done and what should be done by the *mind-doctor.
1936Auden Look, Stranger! 37 Every tramp's a landlord really In *mind-events.
1861J. B. Dalgairns Holy Communion i. 13 It is hard to say whether we know not more of *mind-force..than of the strange aggregate of wondrous forces which we call matter. 1937R. A. Wilson Birth of Lang. 82 The life-force, or mind-force..works within the sensuous material of the world.
1826Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) III. 41 The placid beauties of the country, in whose *mind-healing influences he never failed to find consolation.
1941V. Woolf Between Acts 22 No one ventured so long a journey, without staving off possible *mind-hunger, without buying a book on a bookstall.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1590) 70 b, These fantasticall *mind-infected people, that children and Musitians cal Louers.
1940Mind XLIX. 414 The answer, ‘Our mind can grasp the world because the world is *mind-like’ is a typical idealistic argument. 1953J. S. Huxley Evolution in Action iv. 89 All living substance has mental, or we had better say mind-like, properties.
1912J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. 36 *Mind-made ghosts of ideas. 1957J. Passmore 100 Yrs. Philos. iii. 58 The general principle that every object of experience is mind-made.
1646Fuller Wounded Consc. iv. (1647) 25 There is such a gulfe of disproportion betwixt a *Mind-malady and Body-medicines.
1642H. More Song of Soul ii. i. iii. xxxi, To chase away *Mind-mudding mist.
1898F. Hird Cry of Children (ed. 2) ii. 22 The existence of this *mind-numbing slavery is only proved by careful examination into individual cases. 1971Guardian 28 Jan. 11/3 The cost of the gesture could be of mind-numbing proportions.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iv. (1598) 394 Thinking perchance her feeling sence might call her *mind-parts vnto her.
1631Quarles Samson ii. 8 In whose eares she brake This *mind⁓perplexing secret.
1868Sala in Lamb's Wks. I. p. xix, Wealth and piety scarcely fill up the *mind-picture one would draw of Lord Byron.
1593Nashe Christs T. 10, I for-sooke all my immortall pleasures, and *mind-rauishing melody.
1940W. S. Churchill Into Battle (1941) 229 Untiring vigilance and *mind-searching must be devoted to the subject. 1959Brno Studies in English I. 128 That Gissing had considerable mind-searchings over this incident we cannot doubt.
1577Harrison England ii. i. (1877) i. 29 Although manie curious *mindsicke persons vtterlie condemne it as superstitious.
1972Guardian 29 Jan. 11/4 The sheer size of Bangladesh's needs is *mind-stretching. 1974Columbia (S. Carolina) Record 25 Apr. 16-D/5 Working with Kissinger is demanding, exhilarating, fascinating, exciting and even mind⁓stretching, according to four State Department intimates.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1590) 135 b, This noble-man..had bene so *mind-striken by the beautie of vertue in that noble King.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars iii. xciv. 60 O thou *mind-tortring misery Restles ambition, borne in discontent.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xi. 417 This reflex and passive character of the attention..never is overcome in some people, whose work, to the end of life, gets done in the interstices of their *mind-wandering. 1899― Talks to Teachers xi. 114 If he wants to get ideas on any subject, he sits down to work at something else, his best results coming through his mind-wanderings.
1923U. L. Silberrad Lett. J. Armiter xiii. 264 But—I am tired! Foot-weary as well as *mind-weary.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vi. 154 Somewhere, then, there is a transformation... The question is, Where—in the nerve world or in the *mind-world? 1951W. de la Mare Winged Chariot 44 The world without; the mind-world in our head.
b. Special comb.: mind-bender, a person who, or thing which, influences or alters the mind; spec. a psychedelic drug; so mind-bending a.; mind-blower slang, something that blows one's mind (see blow v.1 24 j); so mind-blowing a.; (as a back-formation) mind-blow v., mind-blown a.; mind-body Philos. and Psychol., usu. attrib., a term used in relation to the question of whether a distinction can be made between mental and physiological events; mind-boggling a., that causes the mind to boggle or be overwhelmed; mind-changer, (a) a person who changes his mind; (b) a psychedelic drug; mind-cure, the curing of a disease by the influence of the healer's mind upon the patient's; mind-curer, (a) one who cures diseases of the mind; (b) one who practises ‘mind-cure’; mind-curist = mind-curer (b); † mind-day, the day on which a person's death is commemorated, esp. the anniversary; mind-dust, in materialist evolution hypotheses, the particles of ‘mind’ or mental substance of which mind-stuff is composed; also attrib.; mind-expanding a. = psychedelic a.; so mind-expander; mind-healer, -healing = mind-curer, -cure; † mind-hill, a memorial mound or cairn; † mind-making, commemoration; † mind-place, a place where the memory of a saint is observed; mind-read v. trans., to discern what is passing in the mind of (another person); mind-reader, one who professes to discern what is passing in another's mind, a thought-reader; so mind-reading vbl. n.; mind-set, habits of mind formed by previous events or earlier environment which affect a person's attitude (cf. mental set s.v. mental a.1 5); mind-sight (rare), mental vision (after eyesight); mind-stuff, W. K. Clifford's name for the supposed rudimentary form of psychical existence, which he regarded as the reality of which matter is the phenomenal aspect; † mind-taking, consideration (upon a matter); † mind-token, a memorial; mind-transference, telepathy.
1963J. Kennaway (title) The *mind benders. Ibid. xxv. 158 Oonagh has said that there were instincts in man laid too deep for the most skilful mind-bender to probe. 1966New Scientist 15 Dec. 639/3 The mind-bender, a persuasive person who, for subversive political purposes or financial gain (often both), bends others to his will. Increasingly, he employs drugs, particularly of the hallucinogen group. 1967Sci. News Let. 22 July 80 STP is a new, untested drug, resembling both amphetamine pep pills and the active ingredient in mescaline, the cactus-derived mind-bender. 1970K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) vii. 70 LSD, marijuana—any of the mind-benders. 1973B. Turner Hot-Foot xvi. 122, I felt..as if I were hearing a soapy disc-jockey play the groovy zip of some discordant group of mind-benders.
1965Economist 25 Sept. 1215/3 The Socialist Labour League, furious exegetes of the gospel according to Trotsky, with their *mind-bending vocabulary full of ‘Pabloism’ and that mythical entity the ‘rank-and-file’. 1966New Scientist 21 Apr. 151/1 Already ‘mind-bending’ gases for military purposes are said to be at an advanced stage of development. 1970Sunday Times 25 Jan. 29 The theoretical mathematics of the situation [sc. the mining of metals] are positively mind-bending. 1971New Scientist 27 May 531/1 Heroin and other mind-bending agents. 1973Times 25 May 4/3 Viscount Weymouth this afternoon unveiled the mind-bending paintings and sculpture-painting with which he has encrusted the walls of his stately home inches deep, acres wide and of fathomless significance.
1970Listener 22 Oct. 540 It can *mind-blow a long-haired GI to know he'll have to live straighter to survive in Sweden than in the Army or in America.
1968New Scientist 27 June 703/1 Two chemicals with almost identical structures can have very different psychedelic properties: one might be a real *mind-blower and the other as ineffective as a sugar lump. 1969Gandalf's Garden vi. 11/1 Mindblower, an experience or idea which changes one's thought-pattern, enlivening the mind and emotions.
1967Jazz Monthly Dec. 16/3 While the music lasted little of this was evident; the spectacular *mind-blowing ferocity of it all simply carried the group through. 1968Times 4 May 21 The poet celebrates the mindblowing effects of LSD and laments at the same time his lost childhood. 1973Guardian 8 May 18/1 For the hopeful voyeur of sheer obscenity in modern urban life, Glasgow is hard to beat. ‘Mind blowing’, was the concise description of a former civil servant. 1974H. McCloy Sleepwalker ii. 16 A mind-blowing mustard yellow for the woodwork and on the walls a psychedelic splash of magenta and orchid and lime.
1969B. Patten Notes to Hurrying Man 23 Bloated We lie dreamless, *mind-blown in its ruins.
1907Mind XVI. 620 The essential significance of the *mind-body relationship. 1920S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity II. 355 The acts of its mind-body would take the place of our organic or motor sensa. 1925I. A. Richards Princ. Lit. Crit. 84 The Mind-Body problem is strictly speaking no problem. 1963A. Kaplan in P. A. Schilpp Philos. R. Carnap 841 The situation is like that of the attempts to soften the mind-body dualism by introducing subtle interactions. 1970H. Feigl in C. V. Borst Mind-Brain Identity Theory i. 35 The crucial..puzzle of the mind-body problem, at least since Descartes, has consisted in the challenge to render an adequate account of the relation of..mental facts (intentions, thoughts, volitions, desires, etc.) to the corresponding neurophysiological processes.
1964Punch 19 Feb. 257/1 A lot of *mind-boggling statistics. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon x. 146 A monstrous bergschrund, a huge, mind-boggling chasm about fifteen feet across.
1931Punch 4 Nov. 494/2 Things and opinions change so quickly in these days that no one is going to crow over a graceful *mind-changer. 1958A. Huxley in Sat. Even. Post 18 Oct. 110/3 Within a few years there will probably be dozens of powerful but—physiologically and socially speaking—very inexpensive mind-changers on the market. 1965Mind-changer [see hallucinogenic a.].
1885W. F. Evans (title) Healing by Faith; or, Primitive *Mind-cure.
1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. ix. 427 Dr. May, *mind-curer, as well as body-curer. 1886Buckley in Century Mag. June 234/1 The Mormons, Spiritualists, Mind-curers [etc.].
1894‘Mark Twain’ Lett. (1920) 316 A patient had actually been killed by a *mind-curist.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxx. (1890) 374 Ðy dæᵹe þe his *ᵹemynddæᵹ wære and his forðfor. a1380Eufrosyne 665 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 182 Vche ȝeer þei don his mynde-day holde Anon to þis day. 1438E. E. Wills (1882) 109, I bequeth for my mynde day, xx li.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. I. vi. 146 Evolutionary psychology demands a *mind-dust. Ibid. xiii. 492 It is the mind-dust theory, with all its difficulties in a particularly uncompromising form.
1970Times 26 Mar. 7 Hallucinogenic..agents such as L.S.D., mescaline and other so-called *mind-expanders. 1973Black World Apr. 16/1 The play is truly a mind-expander.
1963News-Call Bulletin (San Francisco) 29 May 1/6 Professors Richard Alpert and Timothy Leary..started several years ago to experiment with ‘psychedelic’ or ‘*mind-expanding’ drugs. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xv. 135 This dim, suffocating chamber..was..decorated with..mind-expanding daubs in fluorescent paint.
1883,1891*Mind-healing [see Christian Science]. 1900Century Mag. LIX. 635/1 The doctrines of faith-healing, mind-healing, and Christian Science.
1382Wyclif Josh. xxii. 10 Whanne thei weren comen to the *mynde hyllis of Jordan [Vulg. ad tumulos Jordanis].
1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. iii. 35/1 Euery masse syngynge is a specyall *mynde makynge of Crystus passyon.
c1449Pecock Repr. Prol. 4 Pilgrimage in going to the memorialis or the *mynde placis of Seintis.
1968H. Waugh Con Game viii. 81 These psychiatrists are too damned smart. All the time I was talking to him I had the feeling he was *mind-reading me. 1972J. Quartermain Rock of Diamond xxiv. 156 If I mind-read you, you're looking for a fall guy to do your dirty work.
1888Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 154 The professional ‘*mind⁓reader’..takes his clew from indications which his subject is absolutely confident he did not give.
1882Proc. Soc. Psych. Research I. 17 It was shewn that *mind-reading so called, was really muscle-reading.
1934Agric. Hist. June 86 The ‘oats’ motif can be traced throughout Johnson's life. As a schoolboy the young Sam was given oatmeal porridge for breakfast, and if he was like many children, this may have given him a *mind-set for life. 1964Spectator 6 Mar. 303/2 It was thereafter always a wonderful fight, although the mindset one brought to it made it impossible to recognise what was happening. 1971Amer. Benedictine Rev. Dec. 424 The mind-set and aspirations of a vibrant hellenistic culture.
1587Golding De Mornay v. (1592) 48 Neither the Sunne, nor any thing vnder the Sunne, can well be seene without the Sunne: likewise neyther God nor any thing belonging to God can be seene without God, how good eyesight or *mindsight so euer we haue. 1849Hare Par. Serm. II. 243 The more we gaze at them the more is our mindsight improved to discern them. 1930Blunden Leigh Hunt ii. 22 The grace which the mind-sight of those merry young scholars awoke in him. 1935― Edward Gibbon 15 He felt that there was in the world actual need of a history such as I have mentioned hovering in the mindsight of his age. 1947S. Spender Poems of Dedication 27 She drinks his acres of light Which..Beyond mind-sight and eye-sight Reach a womb where his rays Penetrate her night.
1878W. K. Clifford in Mind III. 65 Mind-stuff is the reality which we perceive as Matter. That element of which..even the simplest feeling is a complex, I shall call *Mind-stuff. A moving molecule of inorganic matter does not possess mind, or consciousness; but it possesses a small piece of mind-stuff. 1930A. D. Lovejoy Revolt Against Dualism viii. 272 Mind-stuff is not supposed to be the same kind of thing as either data or the awareness of them. 1937E. Upward in C. Day Lewis Mind in Chains 42 A poet's images or a novelist's characters are not created out of pure mind-stuff, but are suggested to him by the world in which he lives.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xix. 114 The remembraunce and *mynde taking upon these vij maters is so necessarie a meene into the loue and drede of God.
1382Wyclif Isa. lvii. 8 And bihynde the dore..thou settedest thi *mynde tocne [Vulg. memoriale tuum].
1886Science 17 Dec. 559/1 Mr. Hodgson is now engaged..in some experiments on the subject of *mind transference, or the occasional communication of mental impressions independently of ordinary perceptions. 1897‘Mark Twain’ Following Equator 317 Here was a clear case of mental telegraphy; of mind-transference.
Add:[21.] [b.] mind-bending a.: so mind-bendingly adv.
1982Listener 23/30 Dec. 60/4 Since programming is one of the most fascinating types of puzzle-solving known to man, such a system was *mind-bendingly frustrating. 1990K. Wozencraft Rush ii. 20 Patrol, I'd discovered, was boring, mind-bendingly pedestrian.
mind-blowing a.: so mind-blowingly adv.
1977Economist 31 Dec. 78/3 Unless the triggers become *mindblowingly complex. 1985Fortune 4 Feb. 51/1 Somewhat mind-blowingly, much of this work is performed by keyboarders who don't understand English. 1993Lowe & Shaw Travellers 30 We swapped a view of prefabs and helicopters taking off every twenty minutes, which was mind-blowingly noisy, for a view of uninterrupted, unspoiled coast.
mind-boggling a.: so mind-bogglingly adv.
1973Observer 2 Sept. 35/1 A cylindrical sea which arches *mindbogglingly above the explorers' heads. 1990Times 29 Oct. 2/1 The extraordinary thing about chaos is that you can get some mind-bogglingly complex behaviour from simple equations.
mind-game (a) a game designed to exercise the mind, a brain-teaser; (b) an instance of psychological manipulation, esp. used to gain an advantage over someone else.
1963P. West Mod. Novel ii. ii. 169 His dithering adolescents personify the French *mind-game. Theorizing is an effective way of cheering ourselves up, but not of constructing principles. 1973J. Lennon Mind Games (song) in Lennon Solo Years (1981) 80 We're playing these mind games together. Ibid. 84 Were [sic] play-ing those mind games for-ev-er pro-ject-ing our im-ag-es in space and in time. 1988Oxford Today I. i (Advt., recto rear cover), Mind games for first class minds... A monthly compendium of ever-challenging problems, puzzles and logic questions..with a chance to sharpen your wits. 1991Boston Apr. 129/3 Among the obvious mind games that jewelers play to maximize their sales is a mental switcheroo that leaves lovers convinced that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings and commitment.
▸ mind-meld v. Science Fiction intr. to engage in a mind-meld (also trans.); (hence) to pool ideas, to brainstorm.
1984Washington Post 2 June c9/1 It's revealed that Spock ‘*mind-melded’ with Dr. McCoy (‘Bones’) before sacrificing himself to save the crew. 1988S. McCrumb Bimbos of Death Sun ii. 20 I'll find him if I have to mind-meld the desk clerk! 2000N.Y. Mag. 24 July 45/3 The next [moment], he's mind-melding with an ABC News producer about educational technology initiatives.
▪ II. mind, n.2 Archæol.|mɪnd|
Also minn.
[Middle Irish mind, mod.Irish mionn.]
A name given to crescent-shaped ornaments found in Ireland, supposed to have been used as diadems.
1862Catal. Spec. Exhib. S. Kens. 41, No. 851. Gold-ornament, believed to be the ancient Celtic ‘mind’ or head-ornament. Formed of a thin semi-lunar plate of gold with raised ribs. 1880W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. 358 The golden coronets or minns..worn in Ireland in legendary times. 1881W. K. Sullivan in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 257/1 The richer..kings wore..a golden mind or diadem.
▪ III. † mind, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemynde:—prehistoric *gamundjom, f. OTeut. *gamundi-: see mind n.1]
1. With dat. of person: Present to one's thought.
c1220Bestiary 611 Oc he arn so kolde of kinde Ðat no golsipe is hem minde. a1225St. Marher. 12 Me þu makest to asteoruen wið þe strencðe of þine beoden, þe beoð þe so imunde. a1275Prov. ælfred 601 in O.E. Misc. 135 And ower alle oþir þinke God be þe ful minde.
2. Of a person: Mindful, taking thought: const. of, for, about, gain; also with inf.
a1000Elene 1063 (Gr.) Þa ᵹen Elenan wæs mod ᵹemynde ymb þa mæran wyrd ᵹeneahhe for þam næᵹlum. a1300Cursor M. 21895 And he gain us, sa meke and mind, Sua mikel luues nathing als ur kind. Ibid. 26457 Qua-so wrethes his lauerd king, and he o merci find him mind. Ibid. 28952 Þat þou be noght for þi flexs mind bot for to sustain maneskind. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 727 And y am euer so mynde For to pray for al mankynde.
▪ IV. mind, v.|maɪnd|
Forms: 4–5 mende, 4–7 mynd(e, 5–7 minde, 6– mind.
[f. mind n.1
The OE. (ᵹe)myndgian to remember, remind (f. ᵹemyndiᵹ mindful, f. ᵹemynde mind n.1), usually cited in Dicts. as the source of this vb., is not immediately connected.]
1. a. trans. To put (one) in mind of something; to remind. Also, † to admonish, exhort. Also const. † til, on, and with clause or inf. Now rare.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 230 Knawyng of all þis shuld hym lede And mynd with-alle, til mekenes and drede. c1400Destr. Troy 4210 Ne mynd not þes men of þe mykyll harme, That a sone of our folke before hom has done. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. iii. 13 Farewell good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee. And yet I doe the wrong, to mind thee of it. 1645Evelyn Diary Easter Monday, The season of the yeare..minding us of returning Northwards. 1657Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer (1661) 67 Minding the people what they are about. 1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) III. 575 It was minded you by my learned countryman, that no law was rightly made, but by King, Lords, and Commons. 1669Col. T. Middleton in State Papers, Dom. 575, I hope you will mind the treasurers about the workmen, as they would fain have money. 1670–98R. Lassels Voy. Italy Pref. 3 These must be minded that I am writing of the Latin country. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 56, I must not forget minding those who dig along a Wall, to take care not to come too near the Foundations. 1713Swift Let. to W. Draper 13 Apr., I have been minding my lord Bolingbroke..to solicit my lord-chancellor to give you a living. 1788Burns I Love My Jean ii, There's not a bonie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean. 1847Tennyson Princess iv. 109 They mind us of the time When we made bricks in Egypt. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. 76 Spain may well Be minded how from Italy she caught,..A fuller cadence and a subtler thought. 1890W. A. Wallace Only a Sister 95 [He] began to curse and swear like a trooper at Elizabeth for not minding him on what he was doing.
†b. To bring (an object) to one's mind. Obs.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ii. 10 That, as sacred Symbole, it may dwell In her sonnes flesh, to mind revengement. 1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah x. 219 In the last place I haue noted, that misery mindeth God vnto vs. Then the greater our miserie is, the more is our mind on our maker.
2. a. To remember, have in one's memory; to think of (a past or absent object). Now arch. and dial.
1382Wyclif Rom. Prol. i, Therfore he afermeth hem nedi to be confermed, the vices of her paynymrie rathere myndende. 15..Myst. Resurr. in Rel. Ant. II. 156 Now she spekes of the scornes, Now she remembers the thornes,..Now she spekes of his pacience, Now she myndes his obedience, That unto deth was. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxvii. viii, Nay, still thy acts I minde; Still of thy deedes I muse. 1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. vii. (1589) 28 King Achelous minding her for whom began that broile, Alcmenas Sonne remembring too, whose cause he did defend. 1625B. Jonson Staple of N. ii. iv. 100 Hee minds A curtesie no more, then London-bridge, What Arch was mended last. 1666J. Fraser Polichron. (S.H.S.) 42 He minded often his mother Queen Margaret's advice. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 212 Our Supream Foe in time may much remit His anger, and perhaps thus farr remov'd Not mind us not offending. 1786Burns Halloween xv, Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, I mind't as weel's yestreen. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 848, I mind him coming down the street. 1896A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad iii, The lads you leave will mind you Till Ludlow tower shall fall.
b. with obj. a clause, or † with direct obj. and compl. Also absol.
1621Ainsworth Annot. Pent., Gen. iii. 24 Minding himselfe an exile and pilgrime here one earth. 1721Wodrow Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. I. 455 The Instances of invading of Pulpits are yet fewer, that is, none at all, as far as I mind, in the preceeding Years. 1723Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 2, I mind, before Mr. Webster's death, he spoke to me about one of that name. 1800–24Campbell Power of Russia ix, But, Poles, when we are gone, the world will mind Ye bore the brunt of fate. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. ix, The lovers..so superlatively happy, that I mind when I..went with my Angelica to a City church. 1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. xviii, Tunes..as ha' been used in our church ever since I can mind. 1893Stevenson Catriona xxiii, I minded how easy her delicacy had been startled with a word of kissing her in Barbara's letter. 1897Rhoscomyl White Rose Arno 144, I mind you promised us a Welsh army by the time we reached this place.
c. In imp., or in context implying a counsel or warning: To take care to remember, to bear in mind (a fact communicated or already known, a duty to be done, etc.). Chiefly with obj. a clause.
[1340Ayenb. 262 Ymende þet þis boc is uolueld ine þe eue of þe holy apostles Symon an Iudas.] 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. xxiv. 154 Mynde thow how thow arte dedly. c1450Osney Reg. (E.E.T.S.) 1 It is to be myndyd that Robert Doyly and Roger of Iuory..come to the conquest of Inglonde with Kyng William bastarde. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 19 But it must be minded that though the Son of Man shall Judge the World, yet that he shall come to do so..in the Glory of his Father. 1787Burns Let. 17 Apr. in Pearson's Catal. May (1888) 8, In making up the accounts of my copies, please mind that I am paid for the following number of copies, which money I retain in my own hands. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 14 Mind to-morrow's early meeting.
d. intr. with of, on, upon: To remember. (Now dial.) Also quasi-refl. in I mind me, he minds him, etc. (arch.)
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. xxi. 148, I ne may not mynde me that the Emperours of Rome..wer vnlettride while that hare lordshupp was well gouernyd in his streynth. 1699R. L'Estrange Erasm. Colloq. (1725) 92 Yet it seems reasonable enough, that the poor man should mind him of that in Hosea. 1810Cromek's Rem. Nithsdale Song 219 O ask your heart gif it minds o' me! a1855Thackeray Ballad of Bouillabaisse x, I mind me of a time that's gone, When here I'd sit, as now I'm sitting. 1871Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow i, I mind me that something was said about that paper at the time, resumed the Squire. 1896‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle ii. 21 ‘Did Adam ever mention him before?’ ‘Never, that I mind of.’
3. trans. In pregnant senses.
†a. To mention, record. Also absol. Obs.
c1450,1494[see minded 1]. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 2972 And was incarnate, scrypture dothe mynde, In the vyrgynall wombe of blessed marye. 1530Palsgr. 636/1, I mynde a thyng, I make mencyon of a thyng or mater. Je mencionne.
†b. To remember or mention in one's prayers, to pray for. Obs.
c1420Anturs of Arth. 230 (Douce MS.) To mende vs with masses, grete myster hit were. 1444Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 106 To y⊇ vicar of Mitton a pare of get bedds for to myn my saule and mynde me in his prayers. 1688M. Shields in Faithf. Contendings (1780) 327 Mind us when at the throne of grace.
c. To ‘remember’, i.e. to give to (those who need); to remember in a will. dial.
1714Ramsay Elegy on J. Cowper ix, And to keep a' things hush and lown He minds the poor. 1886Willock Rosetty Ends xix. (1887) 143 Aboot twenty o' the leadin' inhabitants had been mindit by Ebenezer to the extent o' sums ranging frae seventeen pounds to fifty-five pounds.
4. To perceive, notice, be aware of; to have one's attention attracted by (something presented to one's eyes or outward perceptions). Also rarely with clause as obj. Obs. exc. dial.
c1489Caxton Blanchardyn viii. 33 He mynded and dyde byholde his Ioyouse esperyte. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 254 My Lord you nod, you do not minde the play. 1610― Temp. ii. ii. 17 I'le fall flat, Perchance he will not minde me. 1701Norris Ideal World i. i. 21 A finite intelligence..may sometimes..think of somewhat else than what he is doing, so as to be said in a manner not to mind what he is about. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 32 A Term used commonly..but I did never mind it in any one of the Treatises of the..Italian Architects. 1708Swift Tritical Ess., And Archimedes, the famous Mathematician, was so intent upon his Problems, that he never minded the Soldier who came to kill him. 1709E. W. Life Donna Rosina 63 He not minding the figure that stood near the wall told his Master there was no body. 1781J. Moore View Soc. It. (1790) I. vi. 66 One of the company had already passed [the picture] without minding it. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 2, I recollect minding that his..story struck Dr. Johnson exceedingly. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 159, I minded him oft when at church, How under the wenches' fine bonnets he'd glower. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v., See! d'ye mind the way she's walkin'.
absol.1667Milton P.L. ix. 519 Shee busied heard the sound Of rusling Leaves, but minded not.
5. a. To attend to, give heed to. Often, to give heed to (a person, his wishes, etc.) with the intention of obeying.
1559Bp. Scot in Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) I. App. vii. 422 If men wolde diligently mind St. Paul's wordes. 1673Vain Insolency of Rome 28 A short History, which I minded, when I heard it, the more heedfully. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1736) III. 107 The Emperor is no more minded than a Baby in Leading-strings. 1738Swift Pol. Conversat. 124 First it should swim in the Sea (do you mind me?) then it should swim in Butter. 1739Chesterfield Lett. (1792) I. xxxi. 107, I looked upon it as a sign that you liked and minded my letters. Ibid. lix. 167 It signifies nothing to read a thing once if one does not mind and remember it. 1782F. Burney Cecilia iv. v, I have had..much ado to make him mind me, for he is all for having his own way. 1819Shelley Cyclops 494 By all means he must be blinded, If my counsel be but minded. 1824–9Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 II. 90 Would our father have minded the caitiffs?..Would he..have minded parliament? 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. ii, But if your reverence minds what my wife says, you won't go wrong.
b. with obj. a clause.
1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. vi, They neither minded who, nor what I ask. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. 17 Mind at Helmne what is said to you carefully. 1709–10Steele Tatler No. 132 ⁋9 Old Reptile..winked upon his Nephew to mind what passed.
c. absol. or intr. To pay heed or attention. Chiefly colloq. in imp., used to call attention to, or emphasize, what the speaker is saying.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) 1. Introd., So I bar Latin, mind. 1832Coleridge Table-t. 17 Mar., Something feminine—not effeminate, mind—is discoverable in the countenances of all men of genius. 1853Lytton My Novel iv. xxiii, Now mind, mother, not a word about Uncle Richard yet. 1855Browning Fra Lippo 113 But, mind you, when a boy starves in the streets..Why, soul and sense of him grow sharp alike. 1959Listener 22 Jan. 154/2 The Japanese—who were scattered over a very large part of Asia at that time, mind you—would have all fought it out to the death. 1969Ibid. 3 Apr. 467/2 And so to the book's title. It's not, mind you, ‘why we are in Vietnam’, but a question.
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†a. trans. To have in view, have a mind to (an action, plan, etc.); to contemplate, purpose, intend, aim at (doing something); also, to plan, provide for (something external to oneself). Sometimes with clause as obj. Obs.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 575 In meane whyle the kynge mynded maryage. 1513More in Hall's Chron., Edw. V (1550) 2 Which thyng in all apparaunce he resisted, although he inwardly mynded it. 1564Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 310 The saidis Lordis na wyise willing to call in doubt the autoritie and credit of the saidis lettres.., bot rather mynding that all strangearis, freindis, and confideratis of this realme..find all favour [etc.]. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 615/1 And that noble prince begann to cast an eye unto Ireland, and to mynd the reformation of thinges there runn amiss. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 246 If this King did no greater Matters, it was long of himselfe; for what he minded, he compassed. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 94 A convenient descent must be minded. 1663Gerbier Counsel (1664) 55 Those that mind the making use of Chalk in their walls, must [etc.]. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. lxvii, He could find no foot-steps of their having minded the Power of such Conservacy.
b. With inf. as obj.: To have a mind to do something; to wish, be inclined, purpose, intend. Obs. exc. dial. (see E.D.D.).
1513More in Hall's Chron., Edw. V (1550) 1 The duke not entendynge so longe to tary but mindyng..to preuent the time. 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion, All other (that mynde not to receive the said holy Communion). 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. i. 106 Belike she minds to play the Amazon. 1634in Black Bk. Taymouth (Bannatyne Cl.) 440 In the North, quhair I mynd to stay for tuo monethes. 1671Milton Samson 1603, I sorrow'd at his captive state, but minded Not to be absent at that spectacle. 1683D. A. Art Converse 2 If you mind to play the logician. 1791Boswell Johnson an. 1763, Roubiliac..minding to put a trick on him, pretended to be so charmed with his performance, that [etc.].
c. ellipt. (in relative clause).
1573Satir. Poems Reform. xlii. 463 Quhilk, gif thay mynd as thay pretend, Thay wald haue begun at this end. 1890W. A. Wallace Only a Sister 124 He was wandering round the shelves, taking down a book here and there as he minded.
†d. To direct one's thoughts toward. Obs.
1633W. Struther True Happiness 145 So if we minde toward heaven, wee must walk through the world as Strangers.
7. a. To bend one's attention to (e.g. something that one is doing or occupied with); to direct or apply oneself to, bring one's mind or energies to bear upon, or practise diligently.
to mind his book (colloq.; now obs. or arch.), of a schoolboy, to be diligent in his studies. to mind one's business, to attend to it, prosecute it diligently; hence to mind one's own business, to attend to one's own affairs and leave other people's alone (see business 16 d).
c1400Destr. Troy 9305 Achilles..Myche myndit the mater, in the mene tyme, And to bryng hit aboute besit hym sore. 1530Palsgr. 636/1, I mynde a thynge, I regarde it, or set my mynde upon it. Je mets le cueur dessus, or je prens au cueur. It can nat go forwarde with the, for thou myndest it nat. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 13b, A man would thinke you had neuer minded any other profession. 1611Bible Rom. viii. 5 For they that are after the flesh doe minde the things of the flesh. 1625, etc. [see business 16 d]. 1660Trial Regic. 52 All those..had a mind for Peace, that minded their duty, and Trust, and Allegiance to their King. 1662Gerbier Princ. 1 Whereas Building is much minded in these times. 1712Addison Spect. No. 383 ⁋1 Bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. ii. §19 If some certain persons minded piety more than politics. 1835J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (1837) I. xviii. 272 Mind little things as well as great. 1877Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 360 He went back to Samaria and minded his business. 1889Browning Pope & Net, So much the more his boy minds book.
†b. To care for, like, value, wish for. Obs.
1648Gage West Ind. 137 The only want of wheat is not a want to them that mind bread of Wheat more then of Maiz, for in two dayes it is easily brought. 1666Stillingfl. Serm. (1673) 13 They [the kine of Bashan] minded nothing but ease, softness, and pleasure. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. ii. (1760) I. 10 His heir..minded nothing but fox-hunting.
8. a. In negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences: (Not) to care for, trouble oneself or be concerned about, be affected by. Hence: (Not) to object to, be troubled or annoyed by, dislike (something proposed, something offered to one, etc.). Often in polite or tentative formulas, as I should not mind (something) = I should rather like it, I should be glad to have it or do it; do you or would you mind (doing something)? = be so kind as to do it; do you mind?: also used to mean ‘do you mind not doing that?’, i.e. ‘please do not do that’; don't mind me (colloq.): take no notice of me; do not worry about me; do as you please; often ironical; if you don't mind, if you have no objection.
1608Shakes. Per. ii. v. 20 Now absolute she's in't, Not minding whether I dislike or no. 1710Steele Tatler No. 206 ⁋2, I did not mind his being a little out of humour. 1747–96H. Glasse Cookery xxiii. 365 They will look quite yellow, and stink, but you must not mind that. 1750Lady Bradshaigh in Richardson's Corr. (1804) VI. 95, I do not mind him of two straws. 1776Foote Capuchin i. Wks. 1799 II. 389 Why, yes, you may venture, Sir Harry: it is not minded in London. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. iv. i, Never mind the difference, we'll balance that another time. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. vi, I am rather faint, Alexander, but don't mind me. 1863Ibid. xx, Would you mind my asking you what part of the country you come from? 1867Trollope Phineas Finn (1869) I. viii. 69 ‘It's the meanest trade going... I don't know whether you are in Parliament, Mr. Finn.’ ‘Yes, I am; but do not mind me.’ 1874G. J. Whyte-Melville Uncle John xviii. II. 200, I shouldn't mind a cup of tea myself. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 85 Let us take his advice, though he be one only, and not mind the others. 1889‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 48 Stay, do you mind ringing the bell for me first? 1901G. B. Shaw Devil's Disciple ii. 39, I never care much for my tea. Please dont mind me. 1911― Doctor's Dilemma iii. 70 B.B. Well, what is our friend Dubedat? A vicious and ignorant young man with a talent for drawing. Louis. Thank you. Dont mind me. 1926M. A. von Arnim Introd. to Sally ii. 16 You go a'ead, sir, when she come back, and don't mind me. 1961J. I. M. Stewart Man who won Pools xvii. 167 He was trying to put a hand on Phil's arm. ‘Do you mind?’ Phil had never got it out more arrogant. Moore fell back. 1967S. Knight Window on Shanghai iii. xx. 86 Ah, how philosophic I wax (and wane?) Don't mind me. 1973L. Koenig Little Girl (1974) iii. 34 ‘Don't mind me,’ she said, dragging the chair back..and filling its place with the table... ‘But the table belongs here.’
b. Hence occasionally in an affirmative sentence: To object to, dislike.
1861Cunningham Wheat & Tares 136 Yet her heart smote her now, for Ella minded going dreadfully and was unusually nice and affectionate.
c. absol. and intr. = (not) to care, trouble oneself, object, etc. Const. about. Often in colloq. imper. phr. never mind = don't let it trouble you, it does not matter; also offensively (see quot. 1837) = it is none of your business.
1786F. Burney Diary 25 July, She begged me not to mind, and not to hurry myself, for she would wait till it was done. a1814Gonzanga ii. i. in New Brit. Theatre III. 112 Never mind, father, don't be obstroperous about it. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxiv, There must be something very comprehensive in this phrase of ‘Never mind’, for we do not recollect to have ever witnessed a quarrel in the street,..in which it has not been the standard reply to all belligerent inquiries. ‘Do you call yourself a gentleman, sir?’— ‘Never mind, sir’. 1837S. R. Maitland 6 Lett. Fox's A. & M. 70 note, The person whom Fox calls the Bishop of Penestrum (for we will not mind about a supposed misspelling). 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxxi, The public don't mind a straw about these newspapers rows. 1884J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow ii, Mother was very angry, but Father did not mind. 1898Times 5 Oct. 3/3 Sir Herbert Kitchener told them never to mind and to come as they were.
d. I don't mind if I do: a colloq. phr. of acceptance or agreement, used esp. in accepting the offer of a drink.
c1847J. S. Coyne in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) IV. 193 You are a regular brick, and I don't mind if I do take some of your pickles. 1849C. Brontë Shirley I. vii [sc. viii]. 184 ‘Take another glass,’ urged Moore. Mr. Sykes didn't mind if he did. 1870D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel v. 65 Tell ye me 'istry, is it? Vell. I don't mind if I do. Ibid. 69 ‘I'll give you a drink, me oul wiper.’.. ‘Well, Billy, I don't mind if I do.’ 1926C. Beaton Diary in Wandering Yrs. (1961) 143 Everyone ‘talked common’... ‘I don't mind if I do; oo-er!’ 1932A. Christie Peril at End House viii. 101 ‘Come and have a drink,’ I said... ‘I don't mind if I do.’ 1946T. Kavanagh Tommy Handley in Holidayland 5 ‘Bitter, sir?’ interrupted the Colonel [Chinstrap].., ‘I don't mind if I do.’ 1967J. Porter Dover & Unkindest Cut xi. 122 ‘Another cup of tea, Mr Dover?’ ‘I don't mind if I do,’ said Dover, passing his cup.
9. To bear in mind and be careful to do (something); to remember and take care that something is done. mind you do (so and so) = don't fail to do it.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 16 In setting of their barres they are allwayes to minde to sett that side of the barres inwarde. 1710Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Oct., But I will mind and confine myself to the accidents of the day. 1782F. Burney Cecilia viii. vii, But pray mind that she is kept quiet. 1837Disraeli Venetia i. xix, Never mind about your handwriting; but mind you write.
10. a. To be careful about, take care of; to employ carefully or heedfully; to take heed (what one does). mind your eye, ‘look out’, keep your eyes about you (see eye n.1 2 a). to mind one's P's and Q's: see P 3 b. to mind one's step: see step n. 6.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 33 It is an easy Matter to..skreen Blemishes in the Hoof, if you don't mind your Eye. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy I. i, I wish either my father or my mother..had minded what they were about when they begot me. 1809Malkin Gil Blas v. i. ⁋2, I began to mind a little what I was about. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxx, He would recommend him..to mind his eye for the future. 1892Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve ii. ii, ‘Mind what you're about’, cried Purcell, angrily.
b. To be wary concerning, be on one's guard against, look out for (something that is to be avoided). Now only in the imperative or in contexts conveying counsel or warning.
1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxxiii. §8 And though those [impressions] relating to the health of the body, are, by discreet people, minded and fenced against. 1881Ruskin Morn. in Florence 25 You may let your eye rest..on the glow of its glass, only mind the steps half way. 1881A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensl. x. (1882) 94 ‘You better mind that fellow, Mr. Fitzgerald’, said the Native.
c. absol., esp. in colloq. phr. if you don't mind = if you are not careful (to avoid something).
1691Wood Life 9 Apr. (O.H.S.) III. 359 Being in hast, not minding, [she] set the cotton..on fire. 1839James Gentl. Old Sch. xiii, Take care..they'll see you, if you don't mind, as you get over the bank in the moonlight. 1894R. Bridges Feast Bacchus iv. 1290 You'll certainly be his death, unless you mind.
d. to mind out: to look out, be careful; freq. imp. colloq. and dial.
1886R. Holland Gloss. County of Chester 227 Mind out,..to be on one's guard. 1890Dialect Notes I. 65 Mind out what you are doing. 1892Ibid. 233 That is the word with the bark on it; you better mind out. 1894W. Raymond Love & Quiet Life xii. 136 If I don't min' out, woone o' these days.. he'l vall off. 1938J. Stuart Beyond Dark Hills iii. 59 John's got a bad boy. He'll go to the pen if he don't mind out—that boy will. 1946Amer. Speech XXI. 56 English children whizzing around on bicycles..will warn each other to keep out of the way by shouting ‘Mind out!’.
11. trans. To take care of, take charge of, look after; to have the care or oversight of. spec. to look after (a baby or child), esp. in the absence of its parents; to look after (a shop or store) (also transf.).
1694Dryden Love Triumphant Epil. 34 The wife, that was a cat, may mind her house. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 26 They were..to exhort them to stay at home and mind their families. 1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. 246 The men..were gone to dinner: I stayed to mind the furnace. 1839G. C. Lewis Gloss. Herefordshire 67, I ha left Bill at home to mind the children. 1873W. Collins New Magd. xviii. II. 8 The lodge-keeper's wife..is minding the gate. 1876C. C. Robinson Gloss. Mid-Yorks. 84/1 Minding the bairns and the house. 1884J. H. Ewing Daddy Darwin's Dovecot iv, Let me mind your pigeons. 1899Kipling Stalky 63 Arrah, Patsy, mind the baby; just ye mind the child awhile! 1902Dialect Notes II. 239 Mind the baby while I'm gone. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait x. 93 He accused me of neglecting the baby and said he'd..let his..secretary mind it. 1957J. Blish Fallen Star vi. 75 The cabin door opened and the Commodore came out... ‘Who's minding the store?’ I asked him. ‘Hanchett. We're on autopilot and he's watching the instruments.’ 1963J. H. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) iii. 32 If you will just mind the shop, I'll be on my way. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 70 The CID room was quiet. DC Jones was minding the shop. 1971Where Nov. 343/2 A certificate is issued specifying the number of children and the hours and days when they can be minded. 1973P. O'Donnell Silver Mistress vi. 109 ‘Who's running your section at the moment?’ ‘I am. With limited authority... I'm just minding the shop.’
12. intr. To matter, be important. (Not in standard use.)
1915F. H. Lawrence Let. 16 Mar. in T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 680, I had a room without a door or a window..but that did not mind. Ibid. 682 Bullets really don't mind much. 1961Listener 5 Oct. 500/1 (child's composition) You migth see a earwig gust coming out of [an apple] but that dosenet mind gust pick it of.
Add:[11.] b. To act as a bodyguard to (esp. a criminal); to keep watch over (esp. when engaged in a criminal activity).
1924E. Wallace Room 13 vi. 67 I'll cover you; I've got two boys handy that ‘mind’ me. 1941V. Davis Phenomena in Crime iii. 41 Joe's job was to ‘mind’ the furniture van in front [containing the burglars' tools]. 1986Daily Express 8 Nov. 15/4 Det. Sgt. Graham Sayer had been ordered to ‘mind’ Roger Dennhardt... Dennhardt was a supergrass. |