Mind

mīnd, n. the faculty by which we think, .: the understanding: the whole spiritual nature: memory: choice: intention: thoughts or sentiments: belief: cast of thought and feeling: ( B. ) disposition.— v.t. to attend to: to obey: ( orig. ) to remind: ( Scot. ) to remember.— v.i. ( B. ) to intend.— adj. Mind′ed , having a mind: disposed: determined.— ns. Mind′edne , inclination toward anything; Mind′er , a care-taker: one taken care of, as a pauper child by a private person.— adj. Mind′ful , bearing in mind: taking thought or care: attentive: observant.— adv. Mind′fully .— n. Mind′fulne .— adj. Mind′le , without mind: stupid.— n. Mind′-trans′ference , thought-transference.— Mind one's p's and q's , to be accurate and precise; Mind your eye ( slang ), take care what you are about.— Absence of mind , inattention to what is going on at the time; Bear in mind , to remember; Be out of one's mind , to be forgotten: to be insane; Have a mind , to wish or to be inclined strongly; Have half a mind , to be somewhat inclined; Lose , or Be out of , one's mind , to become insane; Make up one's mind , to determine; Month's mind , continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a month after death, with ma es esp. on 3d, 7th, and 30th days (also A monthly mind ): any very strong desire or inclination; Never mind , do not concern yourself; Of one mind , agreed; Of two minds, uncertain what to think or do; Presence of mind , a state of calmne in which all the powers of the mind are on the alert and ready for action; Put in mind , to warn or remind; Year's mind , a commemorative service of a similar kind to the month's mind, on the anniversary of a death. [A.S. ge-mynd — mun an , to think; Ger. meinen , to think, L. mens , the mind.]