Mind /(mīnd)/

Mind

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.
By the mind of man we understand that in him which thinks, remembers, reasons, wills.
— Reid.

What we mean by mind is simply that which perceives, thinks, feels, wills, and desires.
— Sir W. Hamilton.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
— Rom. xiv. 5.

The mind shall banquet, though the body pine.
— Shak.
The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state;
A fool uttereth all his mind.
— Prov. xxix. 11.

Being so hard to me that brought your mind, I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling her mind.
— Shak.
Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.
If it be your minds, then let none go forth.
— 2 Kings ix. 15.
Courage; spirit.
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

To have a mind: to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; -- used with an infinitive.
To lose one's mind: to become insane, or imbecile.
To make up one's mind: to come to an opinion or decision; to determine.
To put in mind: to remind.

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Minded; p. pr. & vb. n. Minding

To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.
My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
— Shak.
To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.
Bidding him be a good child, and mind his book.
— Addison.
To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.
To have in mind; to purpose.
I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
— Shak.
To put in mind; to remind. [Archaic]
He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
— Fuller.

I do thee wrong to mind thee of it.
— Shak.

v. i.