单词 | mindful |
释义 | mindfuladj. 1. a. In attributive use: †(in early use) possessing a good memory (obsolete); full of care; heedful, thoughtful; full of memories.† mindful wit n. (also mindful power) Obsolete the faculty of memory.† mindful place n. Obsolete a memorial, monument. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective] carefulc1050 soignous1340 mindfula1382 tentivec1386 presentc1395 attendant1432 tendable?c1450 advicefulc1454 thoughtyc1480 neara1500 respective1525 heedful1548 heedy1548 prick-eared?1550 attendable1552 attentive1577 tentible1603 observative1609 unpreoccupied1643 advertent1646 presential1652 inspectivea1684 tent1789 attentful- a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) : Prov. (Bodl. 959) xii. 12 Þe desijr of þe vnpitous is þe myndeful place [a1425 L.V. memorial] of werste thyngis. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 27 It is resonable..þat..to men be ȝouun an inward witt forto holde bi notable tyme þe lijknessis of þingis..which receyuyng and holdyng power may wel..be clepid ‘minde’ or ‘myndful witt’ or ‘myndeful power’. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 225 (MED) The myndefulle man: Of good mynde bene thay comynly that haue the lymmes more large. 1551 T. Raynald tr. A. Vesalius Compend. Declar. Vertues Oile Imperial Ded. sig. Aij Y..wil in no wise suffer forgetfulnes of the infinite benefites daili receauid at your hands in to mi mindful mind to make eni unlauful entree. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 141v So she with mindefull wrath Upon my corse for thee awroken is. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 32 Antient families have given those names to their heires, with a mindefull and thankefull regard of them. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. i. The truth of this proposition thus conceived is sufficiently demonstrated to the mindfull Reader in the Articles immediately foregoing. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 93 Much to the mindful Queen the feast recalls. 1747 W. Collins Odes 23 Let not my Shell's misguided Pow'r, E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful Tears. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder i. 7 Point with mindful shadow day and night, Where we lie dust below. 1897 E. C. Stedman Poems now first Coll. 132 Is it all a fancy that somewhere, that somehow, the mindful Dead..Have gathered like us, together this night in that strange demesne? 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon xxxiii. 339 To amuse himself in his less mindful moments, he would travel out to the old Roman ruins above the Wear and sight southward down the middle of the road. b. In predicative use: †having recollection or remembrance (obsolete); taking thought or care, heedful; being conscious or aware. Frequently with of. Also with clause as object.In quot. 1859 archaic: having recollection or remembrance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective] > careful of mindyOE mindc1300 mindfula1382 mindly1435 thoughtfulc1450 respective1560 suspectful1570 regardfula1586 respectful1585 considerate1592 remembering1625 sensible1626 the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > retaining memories, mindful mindyOE mindc1300 mindfula1382 mindly1435 remembrativec1449 memoriala1513 memoriousa1513 rememorant1528 rememberingc1595 unforgetful1632 remindful1719 unforgetting1777 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms viii. 6 What is a man, þat myndeful þou art of hym? a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Wisd. xix. 10 Myndeful [L. Memores] þei weren ȝit of þoo thingis þat weren don in þe comeling wonynd of þem. a1450 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (Digby) 873 in Englische Studien (1887) 10 253 (MED) Myndeful I was [L. memor fui] of dayes olde. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 44 (MED) Hym þoght his maister..prayed hym to be myndefull of his promys. 1579 B. Googe tr. I. Lopez de Mendoza Prouerbes Noble Souldier 49 That where hee [sc. Cæsar] was verie mindefull of all other thinges, hee neuer would remember any iniurie doone vnto him. c1590 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Coll. Oxf. 64(2)) (1884) lxii. 7 If J was myndefull [L. memor] of the & of my bede. 1661 A. Gilby Let. 20 May in Poems & Lett. A. Marvell (1971) II. 26 We beseech you be mindfull that the 29th of May be kept for a thanksgiving. 1738 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistrates & Men in Authority 26 In all their Actions, to be ever mindful of the last Day. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xi. 163 I thanked him for his clemency, and grasping my boy's hand, bade him farewell, and be mindful of the great duty that was before him. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 428 He had always been mindful of his health even in his pleasures. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 11 Guinevere, not mindful of his face.., desired his name. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule x. 156 Mindful of the fastidious ways of his friend. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 344 To act on the defensive is to play with care, mindful of not getting out rather than of adding to the score. 1926 C. H. Herford Mind of Post-War Germany i. 6 The Rhinelands, fervently Catholic, and still acutely mindful of Bismarck's Kulturkampf. 1982 P. Mann Eye of Queen 80 Now I am mindful that you said you were tired, so I will not delay you longer. 1999 M. Winfield Smiling Water xxx. 116 I arrived home for the long summer break, ever mindful of my obligations to my parents and my children. ΚΠ c1545 R. Copland tr. P. Tommai Art of Memory sig. A. iv The thynge opposyd to that is taken & suffred, so that he be myndfull to haue constyrued and ordeyned the place. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 23 He..requestit the chancellar to be myndfull to do as he said. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 420 To be Baptized in Churchyardes..was an auncient custome..that so such as were to be Baptized might be made ye more myndefull to confesse a rising agayne from ye dead. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 40 Be mindful to uncover them [sc. the plants] in all benign and tolerable seasons. 1692 T. Sprat Relation Late Wicked Contrivance i. 19 I was not so mindful to preserve the Letters that came to me. 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 8 Be mindful, when Invention fails, To scratch your Head, and bite your Nails. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 324 The monks were always mindful to establish themselves where there was water close at hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] disposedc1340 willed1417 affecta1425 willinga1425 affectionatec1487 mindedc1487 talenteda1500 well-minded1524 affectioned?1532 affectionated1561 mindful1565 aminded1571 ingineda1583 affected1584 pregnant1604 in the (also a) —— mooda1625 fond1666 apt1677 1565 in Trans. Buchan Field Club (1891) 2 118 Heirfor we myndfull in this case to provide the next best. 1584 Peter Picks in C. Robinson et al. Handefull Pleasant Delites sig. Aviiv Wel now, I perceiue ye, You are mindful to leaue me: Now sure it doth grieue me: That I am vnworthie. 1614 W. Lithgow Trav. sig. D3 2v A great [printed grear] number of passengers..that were all mindefull to Zante. 1614 W. Lithgow Trav. sig. Ev The Turkes retired till morning, and then were mindefull to give vs..a second Alarme. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxii. 117 Tyred, and mindful to rest. ?c1709 in T. Brockbank Diary & Let. Bk. (1930) 1 But trouble coming upon him there he was mindfull to leave yt place. 1754 N.Y. Gaz. & Weekly Post-boy 30 Sept. (advt.) Lawrence Kilburn..hereby acquaints all Gentlemen and Ladies, that are mindful to see some of his Performances. 1892 W. B. Yeats Countess Kathleen i. 18 I am half mindful to go pray to him To cover all this table with red gold. 3. Esp. with reference to Yoga philosophy and Buddhism: fully aware of the moment, whilst self-conscious and attentive to this awareness (cf. mindfulness n. 2). Also of meditation: producing or undertaken in a mindful state. Also in weakened sense. ΚΠ 1947 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 9 263 In the middle watch he [sc. the monk] assumes the lion's posture... He becomes mindful and self-possessed, and fixes his thoughts on getting up. 1956 E. Conze Buddhist Medit. ii. 62 (heading) The mindful awareness of the body. 1961 R. A. Gard Buddhism iv. 134 He remains ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both the hankering and the dejection common in the world. 1984 C. Humphreys Pop. Dict. Buddhism Mindful and self-possessed,..[designating] a state of mind which in the monk or self-dedicated layman should be permanent, in which the Goal and the Way to it are constantly in view. 1990 G. Snyder Pract. of Wild vii. 150 There are many further koans that work deeper into nondualistic seeing and being—enabling the student..to be mindful..and skilful in daily life. 1992 C. P. Estés Women who run with Wolves viii. 246 We can return to the handmade life, the wholly mindful life. 1997 B. Rowlands Which? Guide Complementary Med. 189 ‘Mindful’ meditation in which you focus on your breathing, or on a candle flame, crystal or icon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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