mind reading (mindre"ding)

The art of discerning or reading another's thoughts by some direct or occult proce . [Recent.] Mental suggestion is Rechet's contribution towards the task of naming the new phenomenon which is just now struggling for recognition, and which has been hitherto variously designated as "thought-transference," "mind reading," and "telepathy." Science, V. 132. It was shewn that mind - reading so-called was really muscle-reading. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, I. 17. mind-sickt (mind's ik), a. Disordered in mind. Manie curious mind - sicke persons utterlie condemne it. Holinshed, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 1.