mind transference (mind transfer ens)

Thought-transference. See telepathy. Some experiments on the subject of mind -transferrence, or the occasional communication of mental impre ions independently of ordinary perceptions, under peculiar and rare nervous conditions. Science, VIII. 559. minel (min), pron. [In defs. 1 and 2, orig. gen. of I2, ME. min, myn, = I was in Surrye a syr, and sett be myne one As soverayne and seyngnour of sere kynges londis. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3313. 2. Of me; belonging to me. The independent po e ive form of the first personal me, corresponding to my as attributive before the thing po e ed: as, that (the thing spoken of or indicated) is mine (is of me, belongs to me, or is my thing); these books are all mine (my property): in this use now virtually an elliptical use of mine in def. 3. My doctrine is not mine [of me], but his [of him] that sent me. John vii. 16. 3. Belonging to me: merely po e ive, and construed as an adjective, preceding its noun, which may, however, be omitted. When the noun is expre ed, the form is in ordinary use now reduced to my, the older form mine being rarely used except archaically before a vowel or h, or by a familiar transposition after the noun, as in sister mine, baby mine, etc. Myn heritage mote I nedes selle, And ben a beggere, here may I nat dwelle. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 835. I will encamp about mine house. Zeph. ix. 8. Mam, mother - mine , or mammie, as children first call their mothers. Florio , p. 297. ( Hall i well .) Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 25. Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked? Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3. 93. Mine own romantic town! Scott , Marmion, iv. 30. Tennyson, Prince , i. Mi per don a to, gentle master mine . We sent mine host to purchase female gear. Like the other po e ives in the independent form, mine preceded by of constitutes a double genitive of the po e or in the first person and any word understood denoting appurtenance or po e ion: as, a horse of mine (belonging to me); it is no fault of mine. Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor To those of mine. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 5. 52. By ellipsis, the po e ive mine is used (like other po e ives) (1) To avoid repetition of the name of the thing po e ed: as, your hand is stronger than mine (my hand). Fleme them not fro oure companye, Sen thyne are myne and myne er thyne. mine Bothe to me and to myne mykull vnright, And to yow & also yours zomeryng for euer. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 1721. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine , and shall show it unto you. John xvi. 14. If you like me, she shall have me and mine . Shak ., T. of the S., ii. 1. 385. Of mine. See of .