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  1. I.
    Senses relating to memory.
    1. I.1.
      The state of being remembered; remembrance, recollection. Chiefly in phrases.
      1. I.1.a.
        Old English–
        to come to mind: to be recalled; to occur to a person (esp. on reflection); to suggest itself. Also †to fall, run to mind (in Middle English with dative of person) (obsolete).
        1. OE
          Ic on mænigfealdum synnum bewyled eam, þeah hy ne me namcuðlice nu to mynde cuman ne magon.
          Rubrics & Direct. for Use of Forms of Service (Laud MS.) in M. Förster & K. Wildhagen, Texte u. Forschungen zur englischen Kulturgeschichte (1921) 55
        2. 1990
          A line from the Talmud comes to mind: If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am only for myself, what am I?
          D. Shekerjian, Uncommon Genius iii. xiii. 202
      2. I.1.b.
        a1200–
        in mind: remembered, kept in the memory. to have (also bear, keep, hold, etc.) in mind: to remember, retain in memory; to recall and take into consideration, keep one's attention fixed upon (now the principal sense). See also bear v.1 Phrases P.1i.
        Formerly also: spec. †(in arithmetical calculation) carried (obsolete), hence †to keep in mind: to carry (a number, cipher, etc.) (obsolete).
        1. a1200
          Listeð nu..and undernimeð hit on heorte, and habbeð hit on minde.
          MS Trinity Cambridge in R. Morris, Old English Homilies (1873) 2nd Series 209
        2. 1987
          Wilde was veering away from his former devoutness, but bore in mind that his examiners were probably in orders.
          R. Ellmann, Oscar Wilde v. 102
        mathematics
      3. I.1.c.
        a1275–1480
        † to come (also run) in mind: to occur to one (esp. on reflection), to be recalled (in Middle English with dative of person). Obsolete.
        1. a1275
          Nou is mon hol & soint & huvel him comit in mund.
          Body & Soul (Trinity Cambridge MS. B.14.39) in C. Brown, English Lyrics of 13th Century (1932) 31
        2. c1480 (a1400)
          Þane rane hym in mynde in hy þat he vald firste quyke þam fla.
          St. Thomas Apostle 248 in W. M. Metcalfe, Legends of Saints in Scottish Dialect (1896) vol. I. 136
      4. I.1.d.
        c1325–
        out of mind (also †from mind): forgotten. Chiefly in phrases to be out of mind, †to go of mind, †to pass from (also out of) mind: to be no longer remembered, to be forgotten; †to set (something) out of mind: to forget about (something); to put (something) out of mind (also out of one's mind): to ignore or disregard (something, esp. something unpleasant or distressing).
        Frequently in the proverb out of sight, out of mind (cf. out of prep. II.11, sight n.1 III.10b), and variants.
        1. c1325 (c1300)
          Þou ssalt vor þin vnkundhede be out of al min munde.
          Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester (Caligula MS.) 725 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1991
          Many Americans found it easy to put AIDS out of mind.
          Time 25 November 72/1
        medicine
        1. I.1.e.i.
          1343–1641
          † In various phrases (chiefly in legal contexts) with time, in relation to the idea of the period or extent of time that lies within reach of human memory (cf. time of memory n. at memory n. Phrases P.4). Obsolete.
          Earliest in time of which no mind is; similarly time whereof no mind is to the contrary, etc. Now only in particular phrases as noted below.
          1. 1343
            Of whilk rent ceruice..the aforsayd Abbote and Couent..war seysid of tyme of whilk no mynd es.
            in J. C. Atkinson, Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1879) vol. I. 230 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1641
            Prescription is when a man claimeth any thing, for that he, his ancestors, or predecessors,..have had, or used any thing all the time, whereof no mind is to the contrary.
            Termes de la Ley 222
        2. I.1.e.ii.
          1387–
          †out of mind: from time immemorial (obsolete); esp. in time out of (formerly also †a) mind: from a time or during a period beyond human memory; from time immemorial; (occasionally) for an inconceivably long future time, indefinitely. Also with preceding prepositions in same sense, as from time out of mind, since time out of mind, etc.
          1. 1387–8
            As out of mynde hath be vsed.
            Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt, Book of London English (1931) 35
          2. 2007
            Shakespeare's time-setting for Hamlet..has vexed commentators time out of mind.
            S. Sohmer, Shakespeare for Wiser Sort iii. 34
        3. I.1.e.iii.
          1414–1730
          † time of mind: the period of time within the reach of memory; = time of memory n. at memory n. Phrases P.4. Similarly time of no mind. Obsolete.
          1. 1414
            By old tyme and sithe tyme of mynde.
            Petition in Rotuli Parliamentorum (1767–77) vol. IV. 58/1
          2. 1730
            A Modus cannot begin at this Day, or within Time of Mind.
            W. Bohun, Law of Tithes iv. 208
      6. I.1.f.
        c1390–
        to bring to mind: to cause one to remember something or someone, recollect, recall; (of an object, circumstance, etc.) to suggest, to remind one of (some other object, etc.), esp. through similarity. Cf. to call to mind at call v. Phrases P.3a.
        1. c1390
          Ȝif þou be stured to pruide..bring to þi muynde þe mekenes of vre lord Iesu.
          W. Hilton, Exposition of Qui habitat & Bonum Est (1954) 11
        2. 1991
          It is certainly not the Vitruvian Man such descriptions call to mind.
          Renaissance Studies vol. 5 438
      7. I.1.g.
        a1500–
        to put (a person) in mind: to remind (a person) of (something, etc.). Also with infinitive or subordinate clause.
        1. a1500 (a1450)
          That canne remembraunce put [MS but] hym in mynde In wat pleyte he ys broȝthte ynne.
          Partonope of Blois (British Library MS. Add.) (1912) 2356
        2. 1987
          William didn't have much use for other folks' opinions. He puts me in mind of my mother that way.
          L. Goldman, Part of Fortune xii. 56
    2. I.2.
      c1175–1500
      † The faculty of memory. Obsolete.
      1. c1175 (OE)
        Þæt mynd, oððe þæt anȝit, oððe þe willæ beoð icwædene to summe þingæ edlesienlice.
        Ælfric's Homily on Nativity of Christ (Bodleian MS. 343) in A. O. Belfour, 12th Century Homilies in MS Bodleian 343 (1909) 88
      2. a1500
        Þe v goostly wyttis: Mynde, Vndirstandyng, Wylle, Reson, Ymaginacion.
        in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1893) vol. 90 298 (Middle English Dictionary)
    3. I.3.
      a1300–
      That which is remembered, a memory; the memory or record of (a person or thing); (now only in Scottish) to have mind of; (formerly also in Scottish) †of good mind and variants: of fond (etc.) memory (obsolete).
      1. a1300
        Þe minde of þi passiun, suete ihesu..in herte sueteth.
        in C. Brown, English Lyrics of 13th Century (1932) 113 (Middle English Dictionary)
      2. 1955
        Ha'e ye no' mind o' Nancy Whitterick?
        Galloway Gazette 8 October 2
      Scottish English
    4. I.4.
      † 
      1. I.4.a.
        c1300–1893
        The action or an act of commemorating; something which serves to commemorate; a commemoration, memorial, remembrance. Obsolete (historical in later use).
        1. c1300
          Creoyce þare-with þi fore-heued and þi breoste..in þe muynde of me, And þe deuel ne schal habbe no pouwer for-to greui þe.
          St. Edmund Rich (Laud MS.) 73 in C. Horstmann, Early South-English Legendary (1887) 433 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1893
          Such acts of commemoration expressing in modern form the old mediaeval obit or the general mynde when the names of the good doers were read out in Church.
          C. N. Stubbs, Christ & Econ. vol. I. 56
        historical
      2. I.4.b.
        a1325–1660
        spec. The commemoration of a deceased person on the date of the death or funeral in any month or year following, originally by a requiem mass, and (in later use) more usually by prayers. Subsequently only in month's mind n., twelvemonth('s) mind at twelvemonth n. 2, and year's mind n. See also mind-day n. Obsolete.
        1. a1325
          For me neseiþ bote a munde of hure atte middel masse.
          St. Anastasia (Corpus Christi Cambridge MS.) 114 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill, South English Legendary (1956) 590 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1660
          Upon the Anniversary, or the monethly, or weekly minds.
          Bishop J. Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium vol. I. ii. ii. 361
    5. I.5.
      c1350–1582
      † Mention, record. Chiefly in to make mind (with of or subordinate clause). Obsolete.
      1. c1350
        Our Lord piteful & merciful made minde of his wondres.
        Psalter (British Library Add. MS. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring, Earliest Complete English Prose Psalter (1891) cx. 4 (Middle English Dictionary)
      2. 1582
        Berosus Caldeus maketh minde of that shippe in this manner.
        S. Batman, Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 435
  2. II.
    Senses relating to thought.
    1. II.i.
      In uses expressing the action of thinking or the occurrence of a thought, idea, or intuition.
        1. II.i.6.a.
          c1300–1883
          † The action or state of thinking; a thought process. Also: a thought; the thought of (something). Usually in to have mind of (also to have mind on, to have mind upon, or with subordinate clause): to think of, take heed of, have concern for; (occasionally with infinitive) to be careful (to). Occasionally also to take mind to (also upon). Cf. earlier i-mind n. Obsolete. rare (British regional in later use).
          Frequently used in Christian contexts for the care or concern shown for someone by God.
          1. c1300
            Heo hath Aungles cuynde And mai beo nouþe here and þer ase quik ase mannes muynde.
            St. Michael (Laud MS.) 502 in C. Horstmann, Early South-English Legendary (1887) 314 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1883
            I've often had a mind upon they two men.
            Reports Provincial, Devon (E.D.D.) 88
          British English
        2. II.i.6.b.
          c1450–1525
          † out of (also without) mind: more than one can calculate or comprehend. Obsolete.
          1. c1450 (?a1400)
            He had of men out of mynde many mayn hundreth.
            Wars of Alexander (Ashmole MS.) 3018 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. ?a1525 (?a1475)
            There myght ys withouton mynd to mene.
            Play Sacrament l. 79 in N. Davis, Non-Cycle Plays & Fragments (1970) 60
        3. II.i.6.c.
          1579–
          to put in mind (also in a mind): to encourage, inspire, or provoke (a person) to follow a specified course of action.
          1. 1579
            He feared yt he should rather put men in mind to committ such offences.
            S. Gosson, Schoole of Abuse f. 19v
          2. 1990
            Really, when he talked like that, with a wink in his voice, it put me in a mind to clobber him.
            C. R. Johnson, Middle Passage (1991) iv. 83
      2. II.i.7.
        1916–
        Originally U.S. colloquial and regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). to pay mind and variants: to pay heed or attention (to someone or something); to care or worry. Frequently in negative contexts.
        1. 1916
          I pay no mind to that.
          Dialect Notes vol. 4 269
        2. 1991
          ‘Mind your own business’ means butt out of other people's lives..but it also means pay mind to your own life, your own health and wholeness.
          F. Buechner, Telling Secrets i. 28
        U.S. English (midland)colloquial and slang
      3. II.i.8.
        1966–
        U.S., Caribbean, and in African American usage. A presentiment, an intuition; an idea or notion. Also one's mind: one's instincts.
        1. 1966–70
          (Qu. GG12, To have an inner feeling that something is about to happen: ‘There she comes now, I —— she would’.) Inf[ormant]s.., Had a (good) mind.
          in Dictionary Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) vol. III. (at cited word)
        2. 1996
          When I felt the cold breeze last night, I had a mind it would rain today.
          R. Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (at cited word)
        Caribbean EnglishAfrican-American EnglishU.S. English
    2. II.ii.
      In uses primarily expressing intention or wish.
      1. II.ii.9.
        a1325–
        Purpose or intention; desire or wish; spec. in the legal context of wills (cf. also sense II.ii.11b). Now only in phrases: see sense II.ii.10.
        1. a1325
          Ofte he hadde in munde Þat he ssolde fader & moder sle.
          St. Julian (Corpus Christi Cambridge MS.) 18 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill, South English Legendary (1956) 33 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1667
          Sudden mind arose In Adam, not to let th' occasion pass.
          J. Milton, Paradise Lost v. 452
      2. II.ii.10.
        Phrases.
        1. II.ii.10.a.
          a1325–
          to be of (also in) (a) mind (now usually to be of a mind): to be disposed or minded, to purpose, desire (to do something); (occasionally) to be in great mind (also of good mind or in a good mind) (cf. sense II.ii.11). of mind: with purpose, or intending (to do something). to bring (also get, etc.) in mind: to persuade. to have (something) in mind: to intend, plan, or determine to do (something).
          1. a1325
            [see sense II.ii.9].
          2. 1996
            I've always been a scribbler—all my family were journalists, and I had in mind to be one, too.
            Earth Matters Autumn 18/1
        2. II.ii.10.b.
          ?1503–1675
          † to fulfil one's mind (also to bring one's mind to pass): to accomplish one's purpose, satisfy one's desire. to have (also obtain) one's mind: to get what one wants. for one's mind's sake: in order to gratify one's whim. Obsolete.
          1. ?1503–5
            I am redy and apparaylled to fulfyll your mynde & obeye to your commanndementes.
            H. Watson, translation of Valentine & Orson (1937) 142.3
          2. 1675
            He..ordained, that..his Fathers mind should therein be fulfilled: and added five more Secular Priests in the stead of five Monks which had wont to be there.
            W. Dugdale, Baronage of England vol. I. 320/1
        3. II.ii.10.c.
          1523–1618
          † by (also according to) the mind of (a person): by the direction of. Obsolete.
          1. 1523–4
            Paid to the Orgon maker by þe mynde of Mr person for mendyng the Orgons, iij s iiij d.
            in H. Littlehales, Medieval Records of London City Church (1905) 322
          2. 1618
            Item more they receyved which was given by William Ord, and lent to fower poore folk according to his minde, xl s.
            in J. Barmby, Churchwardens' Accounts of Pittington (1888) 74
        4. II.ii.10.d.
          1530–
          to be of (occasionally in) many (also †divers) minds: to waver in purpose, to be indecisive. to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.): to vacillate, to be undecided.
          1. 1530
            I am of dyverse myndes, je me varie... I wolde be glad to deale with hym, but the man is of so dyverse myndes that there is no holde at hym.
            J. Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement 428/1
          2. 2000
            The Labour Party has long been of two minds about devolution.
            Independent (Electronic edition) 13 February 24
        5. II.ii.10.e.
          1658–
          to know one's own mind: to form and adhere to a decision or purpose without vacillating; to be confident and decisive.
          to make up one's mind: see to make up one's mind at make v.1 Phrasal verbs II.11a.
          1. 1658
            Surely these knowing times and you scarce find A man that rightly knoweth his own mind.
            H. Crompton, Pierides 46
          2. 1991
            By combining representative feedback with an informative documentary..a community can know its own mind with a high degree of accuracy on the key issues of the day.
            Whole Earth Review Summer 29/3
      3. II.ii.11.
        to have a mind phrase
        1. II.ii.11.a.
          a1398–1845
          † With a subordinate clause. To wish, desire, intend. Also in negative construction to have no mind. Obsolete.
          1. a1398
            Forȝetful & vnkonnynge, he haþ no mynde þat he schal ȝeue to his lord acountes of his outrage.
            J. Trevisa, translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum (British Library MS. Add.) f. 72v
          2. 1845
            The Duke had a mind we should cut a figure.
            R. Browning, Flight of Duchess vi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 13/2
        2. II.ii.11.b.
          a1400–
          With infinitive. To wish, desire, intend or be inclined (to do something). Now usually with premodifying adjective, most commonly to have a good (also great) mind: to be strongly disposed or inclined (to do something). to have half a mind: to have nearly made up one's mind (to do something). to have two minds: to be undecided (whether to do something) (cf. sense II.ii.10d). Similarly to have no mind (now somewhat archaic).
          The form I'm (also I've) a good mind (also half a mind, etc.) is still current in British and U.S. regional use.
          1. a1400
            For the greet mynde that he hath to done his maystris wille.
            in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell, Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) vol. II. 44
          2. 1996
            I have a good mind to report you to Sister Rita.
            F. McCourt, Angela's Ashes (1997) viii. 221
          archaic
        3. II.ii.11.c.
          1530–
          With to and noun. †To have a favourable disposition towards (a person) (obsolete); to have a liking for (an occupation, task, etc.); to want, desire, wish to possess or obtain (something). Now somewhat archaic.
          1. 1530
            I have a mynde to one, I have a favoure to hym.
            J. Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement 580/1
          2. 1674
            That..Compound for Sins, they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to.
            S. Butler, Hudibras (new edition) i. i. 14
          3. 1711
            There visits among us an old Batchelor whom each of us has a Mind to.
            R. Steele, Spectator No. 145. ⁋6
          4. 1934
            By this time Milton had no mind to the ministry; he wanted..to devote himself to literature and to poetry.
            R. Macaulay, Milton ii. 34
          archaic
        4. II.ii.11.d.
          1553–
          With for, †of. To wish for, desire.
          1. 1553
            Thus we se plainelye, that suche a one as hathe no minde of Mariage, semeth to be no manne, but rather a Stone, an enemye to Nature, a rebel to God him selfe.
            translation of Erasmus, Epist. Perswade Young Ientleman Mariage in T. Wilson, Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 26
          2. 1948
            You couldn't really get away from the war even there. The ladies didn't seem to have a mind for anything higher than pattern-bombing.
            E. Waugh, Loved One 78
          1. II.ii.11.e.i.
            1703–
            In relative and if-clauses with implied infinitive.
            1. 1703
              Without..restraining them from making Incursions where they had a mind.
              Clarendon's History of Rebellion vol. II. viii. 374
            2. 1994
              The operator at the controls sees her and shouts down to git on over and git some, if she's a mind.
              Harpers Magazine July 41/1
          2. II.ii.11.e.ii.
            1771–
            With to representing an unexpressed infinitive (see to B.V.21).
            The examples enclosed in square brackets are probably to be explained as instances of the idiom by which a preposition governing a relative expressed or understood is moved to the end of the sentence (cf. quots. 1674 at sense II.ii.11c, 1711 at sense II.ii.11c, 1711 at sense II.ii.11c). But the indefiniteness of the antecedent and the presence of a transitive verb in the sentence make it possible for the passages to be taken as anticipations of the modern colloquial practice, which may indeed have been partly developed from expressions of this kind.
            1. 1771
              Folks say he is a conjurer, and can tell any thing he's a mind to.
              Trial Atticus before Justice Beau 14
            2. 1986
              She was welcome to join his friends if she'd a mind to.
              U. Holden, Tin Toys (1987) vi. 57
      4. II.ii.12.
        a1500–
        to change one's mind: to alter one's purpose, opinion, way of thinking, plans, etc.; also one's mind changes.
        1. a1500 (c1477)
          Often tymes his mynde to & fro In new opinions he shalle change.
          T. Norton, Ordinal of Alchemy (British Library MS. Add.) (1975) 732 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1996
          They are convinced that one last heave in the months before the election could force the Government to change its mind.
          Sunday Telegraph 13 October i. 24/6
    3. II.iii.
      In uses primarily expressing inclination.
        1. II.iii.13.a.
          a1398–
          Inclination, tendency, or way of thinking and feeling; (also, with modifying adjective) a specified kind of character, disposition, spirit, or temper. †to bear a —— mind: to entertain or maintain (the specified) sentiments or state of mind (obsolete).
          frame of mind, state of mind: see frame n. A.III.20, state n. I.i.2.
          1. a1398
            Some [sc. beasts] beþ swiþe wraþþeful and angry & with stronge mynde, as þe hound, þe Camel, and þe asse.
            J. Trevisa, translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum (British Library MS. Add.) f. 259
          2. 1998
            They were dirtying him with their dirty minds.
            K. Desai, Hullabaloo in Guava Orchard (1999) xix. 166
        2. II.iii.13.b.
          a1516–
          The way in which a person feels, or the attitude a person has, towards another; disposition or intention towards others. †to bear good mind to: to be well disposed towards (obsolete).
          1. a1516
            Go in hand with her anone..For to fele her mynde toward me.
            H. Medwall, Godely Interlude of Fulgens ii. sig. e.iii v
          2. 1932
            He spoke again, in wish to find out the swineherd's real mind towards him and if he would extend him longer hospitality there in the farm, or compel him city-wards.
            T. E. Lawrence, translation of Homer, Odyssey xv
        1. II.iii.14.a.
          c1450–
          The direction or focus of a person's thoughts, desires, inclinations, or energies. In phrases, as one's mind is (also runs) on: one attends to, thinks of, is interested in, or is absorbed by. to set (also have, keep, turn) one's mind on: to desire to attain or accomplish, put or keep before one as an object of desire or as a goal; to concentrate on. to give (also put, set, turn) one's mind to: to concentrate one's attention on; to bend one's energies towards accomplishing or attaining (an objective).
          1. c1450 (?a1400)
            Ȝe behald me sa hogely, quare-on is ȝour mynde?
            Wars of Alexander (Ashmole MS.) 269
          2. 1991
            Was his mind on the time he was..almost given up for dead, at approximately the age of many of the flyboys who would later be running sorties from Dhahran?
            Vanity Fair (New York) April 220/1
        2. II.iii.14.b.
          a1500–
          to one's mind: according to one's wish, to one's taste or liking. Similarly †according to (also after) one's mind (obsolete). Now somewhat archaic.
          1. a1500
            God made euery beest after his minde.
            Sidrac & Bokkus (Lansdowne MS.) 3719 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1966
            Seeing what that heat sees is not to my mind.
            R. Pitter, Still by Choice 19
          archaic
        3. II.iii.14.c.
          1672–
          to take (also get, draw, etc.) one's mind off (from): to divert one's attention or turn one's thoughts from (something, esp. something worrying or painful).
          1. 1672
            But it was no time now to complain in such terms, and the present danger I was in, drew off my mind from such thoughts, to consult for my safety.
            French Rogue xxi. 133
          2. 1991
            The widow of the electrocuted man didn't even have children to take her mind off her loneliness.
            Atlantic June 87/1
      3. II.iii.15.
        c1460–
        State of thought and feeling; mood. Usually with respect to a specific characteristic, as peace or anxiety, sorrow or joy. Frequently in to set one's mind at ease.
        peace of mind: see peace n. I.3b.
        1. c1460
          A, dere hert, wo is me therefore; My mynde is worse than evyr it was.
          Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis, Non-Cycle Plays & Fragments (1970) 38 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1990
          That ensured that any parents in the back concessions who might worry about their daughters succumbing to the blandishments of a seaport town could set their minds at ease.
          D. Folster, Chocolate Ganongs St. Stephen vii. 71
    4. II.iv.
      In uses primarily expressing opinion or judgement.
      1. II.iv.16.
        c1400–
        That which a person thinks about something; a person's view, judgement, or opinion. Now chiefly in phrases at sense II.iv.17.
        1. c1400 (c1378)
          For alle are þei aliche longe..And to my mynde, as me þinketh, on o More þei growed.
          W. Langland, Piers Plowman (Laud MS. 581) (1869) B. xvi. 58
        2. a1896
          Weel, weel, than, I'm agreeable, but that's my mind.
          J. Slater, Seaside Idylls (1898) 52
      2. II.iv.17.
        Phrases.
        1. II.iv.17.a.
          c1400–
          to my mind (also in my mind): in my judgement or opinion, as I think; also (occasionally) with the other possessive personal pronouns (cf. sense II.iii.14b).
          1. c1400
            [see sense II.iv.16].
          2. 1992
            Refusing to impose punitive tariffs on a foreign producer is, to his mind, the equivalent of bankrolling foreigners.
            New Republic 11 May 13/1
        2. II.iv.17.b.
          ?1496–
          to be of (also in) one (or a) mind and variants: to agree in judgement, purpose, or opinion; to be unanimous. with one mind: unanimously, with one accord.
          1. ?1496
            If we hadde alle here ben of oone mynde in folowyng directly the Kinges mynde.
            in J. Gairdner, Letters Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) vol. II. 67
          2. 1992
            Then must you..pick up your hatchets to rise with one mind and one heart against those whites who have so defiled her.
            A. W. Eckert, Sorrow in our Heart xi. 663
        3. II.iv.17.c.
          c1500–
          to speak one's mind: to give one's judgement or opinion; esp. to express one's sentiments candidly or plainly, to speak freely. Also to open one's mind (now archaic). Similarly to tell (a person) one's mind, to let (a person) know one's mind: to let (a person) know one's judgement or opinion.
          a piece (also a bit) of one's mind: see piece n. Phrases P.6, bit n.2 & adj.2 Phrases P.4b.
          1. c1500
            Is tell yw my mynd, anes tayliur, dame; I deme we lak plesur.
            in R. H. Robbins, Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Century (1952) 5 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1995
            If they annoy you so much, why don't you just speak your mind?
            K. Ishiguro, Unconsoled xxii. 327
          archaic
        4. II.iv.17.d.
          1512–1874
          † against the mind of (a person): in opposition to a person's judgement, wish, or opinion; without a person's approbation or consent. Also without the mind of. Obsolete.
          1. 1512
            The said John..fortuned to be slayn..ayenst the will and mynde of your seid Beseecher.
            Act 4 Henry VIII c. 20 Preamble
          2. 1874
            This fire in you Who chose him, being so young, of your own will, Against the mind of many, for your lord, Shall rather burn yourself than purge his mood.
            A. C. Swinburne, Bothwell ii. iv. 130
        5. II.iv.17.e.
          1567–
          to be of (rarely †in) mind and variants (with clause or modifying adjective): to hold the specified opinion. to be of (another's) mind: to be of the same way of thinking, or agree in opinion with (another person).
          1. 1567
            The nobility are of mind to suit assistance of the queen.
            in P. F. Tytler, History of Scotland (1864) vol. III. 248
          2. 1992
            It is a loose, spongy ground, and Farmer Barr was of the mind that, were I to plough it up and sow it to one earth, as I had considered, I would have much trouble with the redweed, or poppy.
            A. Thorpe, Ulverton iii. 52
        6. II.iv.17.f.
          1744–
          to have a mind of one's own and variants: to be independent in thought and speech; to be wilful and self-assertive; (also, of inanimate objects) to be wayward and uncontrollable, as if on purpose.
          1. 1744
            I believe this is owing to their Ignorance; for as they have no Minds of their own, they have no Idea of others Sensations.
            S. Fielding, Adventures of David Simple vol. I. ii. vii. 215
          2. 1995
            My attention was preoccupied with trying to turn off the back windscreen wiper, which seemed to have a mind of its own.
            B. Bryson, Notes from Small Island (1996) xiii. 162
        7. II.iv.17.g.
          1883–
          meeting of (the) minds: (a) Law mutual agreement; = consensus ad idem n.; (b) agreement, accord, or rapport between two or more people; an instance of this; (c) concrete a meeting, discussion, forum, etc.
          1. 1883
            There is a mutual mistake—that is, where there has been a meeting of minds—an agreement actually entered into—but the contract, deed, settlement, or other settlement, or other instrument, in its written form, does not express what was really intended.
            J. N. Pomeroy, Treat. on Equity Jurispr. iii. 413
          2. 1991
            With the meeting of minds and bodies under the auspices of the 1st Irish Lesbian and Gay Film Festival a whole plethora of issues were raised.
            Hot Press November 7
          law
  3. III.
    † Senses relating to amount.
    1. III.18.
      a1325–1500
      A number or amount (of something). Esp. in much (also mickle, great, etc.) mind. Obsolete.
      1. a1325 (c1250)
        Fro lond ortigie cam a wind, And brogte turles michel mind.
        Genesis & Exodus (1968) l. 3676
      2. a1500 (?a1400)
        The scheperde hows ful mery stode Vndir a forest fayre and gode, Of hert and hynde gret mynde.
        Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambridge MS.) (1930) 255 (Middle English Dictionary)
  4. IV.
    Mental or psychic faculty.
        1. IV.19.a.i.
          c1350–
          The seat of awareness, thought, volition, feeling, and memory; cognitive and emotional phenomena and powers considered as constituting a presiding influence; the mental faculty of a human being (esp. as regarded as being separate from the physical); (occasionally) this whole system as constituting a person's character or individuality.
          1. c1350 (a1333)
            Sonderliche his man astoned In his owene mende, Wanne he note neuer wannes he comþe Ne wider he schel wende.
            William of Shoreham, Poems (1902) 1 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1997
            I knew exactly how I was going to run it when the time came. I'd gone over it a million times in my mind.
            ‘Q’, Deadmeat 8
        2. IV.19.a.ii.
          a1400–
          Esp. in contexts where a definition, summary, or analysis of this faculty is provided.
          1. a1400
            Þe substaunce of þe ventriclis of þe brayn, of þe which mynde is maad.
            translation of Lanfranc, Science of Cirurgie (Ashmole MS.) (1894) 116 (Middle English Dictionary)
          2. 1990
            In this view the mind is simply what the brain does; it emerges as an epiphenomenon.
            Sciences July 46/1
        1. IV.19.b.i.
          c1390–
          one's mind's eye (in early use also the eye of the mind) [compare post-classical Latin oculus mentis (from 8th cent. in British sources)] : one's visual memory or imagination; recollection, contemplation. Frequently in one's mind's eye. Cf. also eye n.1 I.3.
          1. c1390
            It were with thilke eyen of his mynde, With whiche men seen, after that they been blynde.
            G. Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale 552
          2. 2005
            So, like much else in St Petersburg, the vision for the prospect is Peter's—he could see its noble vista in his mind's eye when all was still marsh.
            D. Cruickshank, Around World in 80 Treasures 225
        2. IV.19.b.ii.
          1733–
          one's mind's ear: one's auditory imagination; the hearing of sounds (esp. music) which exist only in imagination or in the memory.
          1. 1733
            The thinking Sculpture helps to raise Deep thoughts, the Genii of the place: To the minds ear, and inward sight, There silence speaks.
            ‘P. Drake’, Grotto 5
          2. 1998
            Even now In my mind's ear I hear your gusto, reviving Every cliché in the book.
            G. Delanty, Hellbox 42
      3. IV.19.c.
        a1398–
        Frequently in theistic (esp. Christian) contexts: transcendent intelligence, rationality, or being, esp. that seen as initiating or controlling the universe.
        Also the mind of God, frequently used to express that which is regarded as intangible or unknowable in the universe.
        1. a1398
          And so þe firste world is euer lastinge & duringe in þouȝt & mynde of god.
          J. Trevisa, translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum (British Library MS. Add.) f. 104
        2. 1988
          If we find the answer to that [sc. why it is that we and the universe exist], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.
          S. W. Hawking, Brief History of Time xi. 175
      4. IV.19.d.
        c1580–
        In plural with modifying adjective: a group or category of people regarded as embodying the (specified) qualities of mind.
        1. c1580
          To humble broken minds, This Lord is ever, ever neare.
          Sir P. Sidney, translation of Psalmes David xxxiv. ix
        2. 1999
          The idea that some small little minds disapprove of our admittedly somewhat rackety existences is not something that we..find interesting or relevant.
          Independent 3 May ii. 5/2
      5. IV.19.e.
        a1586–
        The way of thinking, habit of thought, or consensus, of a specified group of people. Cf. sense n. III.22b.
        1. a1586
          They (who thought they might do it, not onely willingly, because they loued him, and truely, because such indeed was the mind of the people, but safely because she who ruled the King was agreed thereto) accomplished her counsell.
          Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia (1593) ii. f. 83
        2. 1987
          Western systems don't exactly work here. They don't fit our mind.
          C. Thubron, Behind Wall i. 18
      6. IV.19.f.
        a1640–
        on one's mind: occupying one's thoughts, esp. so as to trouble them. Also †to hang (also lie, etc.) on one's mind.
        1. a1640
          But such a melancholy hangs on his mind, And in his eyes inhabit such sad shadowes.
          J. Fletcher & P. Massinger, Double Marriage iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher, Comedies & Tragedies (1647) sig. Eeeee/2
        2. 1998
          Is there something on your mind, Miss Gray?.. You've appeared somewhat distracted over the last two or three days. I wondered if something was troubling you.
          S. Faulks, Charlotte Gray i. v. 45
      7. IV.19.g.
        1676–
        only (or all) in the mind: imaginary or illusory, with no basis in external reality.
        1. 1676
          My Father..knew that happiness has its solid Throne only in the mind.
          Earl of Orrery, Eng. Adventures i. 19
        2. 1998
          The ‘green flash’ that watchers sometimes report at sunset is often all in the mind, a scientist from California reported last week.
          New Scientist 20 June 5/1
      8. IV.19.h.
        1745–
        As a mass noun: the mental entity or faculties, esp. as opposed to matter (see matter n.1 III.21). Cf. sense IV.19j.
        1. 1745
          And by the Mandate of whose awful Nod, All Regions, Revolutions, Fortunes, Fates, Of High, of Low, of Mind and Matter, roll Thro' the short Chanels of expiring Time..In absolute Subjection!
          E. Young, Consolation 112
        2. 1992
          The rational liberalism of the West wholly embraces the Cartesian world view that..recognized only the existence of mind and matter, leaving non-human life entirely out of the picture.
          New Perspectives Quarterly Spring 10/1
        1. IV.19.i.i.
          1748–
          to open one's mind: to be willing to accept, to be receptive to; (hence) to open someone's mind.
          1. 1748
            Opening our minds to the Irradiations of his Wisdom.
            J. Hervey, Contempl. Night in Meditations & Contemplations (ed. 4) vol. II. 100
          2. 1992
            Hopefully 3D graff will open people's minds to the fact that you can adapt graffiti to anything you want.
            Face April 15/2
        2. IV.19.i.ii.
          1797–
          to close one's mind: to be unreceptive to, to refuse to accept; to ignore.
          In quot. 1829 in figurative context.
          1. 1797
            I do not wilfully close my mind against examination, but am directed by proof and yield to conviction.
            A. Radcliffe, Italian vol. I. iii. 95
          2. 1829
            O God, could I so close my mind, And clasp it with a clasp.
            T. Hood, Dream Eugene Aram in Gem vol. 1 110
          3. 1996
            It is when we are feeling mean and misanthropic, when we have closed our minds to our own freedom and have set our faces against the world, that we objectify money.
            Kindred Spirit Summer 28/1
      10. IV.19.j.
        1808–
        mind over matter: (esp. of the mind's curative effect on bodily illness) mental and psychical control over, or influence on, physical phenomena; (also) the supposed ability to manipulate physical objects by psychokinesis. Also the triumph (also supremacy, etc.) of mind over matter. Cf. sense IV.19h.
        1. 1808
          He would have selected those two instances as the triumph of mind over matter.
          H. More, Cœlebs in Search of Wife vol. I. vii. 95
        2. 1994
          Alternative methods of treatment involving mind over matter are investigated by medicine man Dr Rob Buckman.
          Daily Mirror 4 October (TV Daily Supplement) 4/6
      11. IV.19.k.
        1899–
        the mind boggles: one becomes astonished or overwhelmed when trying to contemplate something, or at the prospect of contemplating something (cf. boggle v. 1).
        1. 1899
          If the MSS, in attributing works to ancient authors, only furnish us with a thesis to prove, there is opened a vista of scepticism and material for dissertations at which the mind boggles.
          American Journal of Philology vol. 20 439
        2. 1999
          The mind boggles at the thought of knitting any intarsia design that requires 32 colours across a row!
          Machine Knitting Monthly December 15/1
      12. IV.19.l.
        1910–
        to spring to (one's) mind: to occur immediately to a person; to be one's first or instinctive thought.
        1. 1910
          Are they not just typical of the incidents which most readily spring to mind when we pronounce prediction impossible?
          International Journal Ethics vol. 21 14
        2. 1991
          Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water.
          G. Carey, I Believe xi. 74
      13. IV.19.m.
        1920–
        British colloquial. a mind like a sink (also sewer, cesspool): an imagination that tends to put an indecent construction on events, or which is filled with lewd ideas and images. Also one's mind is (like) a sink (also sewer, cesspool).
        1. 1920
          Bunny talks as Ive never heard a prostitute talk—or a woman in a brothel. Her mind is a sink: shes sex mad.
          ‘K. Mansfield’, Letter 23 March (1993) vol. III. 255
        2. 2005
          If I see a big one in my bedroom (spider that is, for those with a mind like a sewer) then my legs go all weak.
          Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Nexis) 4 October
        British Englishcolloquial and slang
      1. IV.20.a.
        c1380–
        The healthy or normal condition of the mental faculties; mental balance; sanity. Now chiefly in phrases indicating (in negative contexts) the absence of rationality, as to lose one's mind, etc. Also formerly †past one's mind, (Scottish) †by one's mind: = out of one's mind at sense IV.20c.
        to be in one's right mind: see right adj. A.II.8a.
        1. c1380
          Nad sche þer noȝt of hure bone fulich y-mad an ende, Or heo for hunger had forgone hir wit & ek hur mende.
          Sir Ferumbras (1879) 2584 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1997
          Good people I know lost their minds,..mainly through tripping.
          M. Collin & J. Godfrey, Altered State ii. 80
        medicineScottish English
      2. IV.20.b.
        c1384–
        In phrases, frequently in legal contexts (esp. in or concerning wills) or in imitation of legal use, expressing a declaration of a person's mental health: of sound (or unsound) mind, †in good mind, whole of mind, etc.
        1. c1384
          Thei camen to Jhesu, and thei seen hym [sc. Legion]..sittynge clothid, and of hoole mynde.
          Bible (Wycliffite, early version) (Douce MS. 369(2)) Mark v. 15
        2. 1999
          [He] told him that the Miss Kay he had met was in sound mind and had made her will voluntarily and without any obvious pressure.
          Daily Telegraph 27 July 5/5
      3. IV.20.c.
        a1387–
        out of one's mind (also †out of mind) and variants: having lost control of one's mental faculties; unable to think rationally or coherently, often (with with the specified emotion) due to anger, worry, etc. Now also in weakened use (with a preceding past participle): suffering from a particular condition to a very high degree, as stoned (also bombed, pissed, etc.) out of one's mind (slang): stupefied, extremely intoxicated, or incapacitated by drink or drugs. bored out of one's mind: beside oneself with boredom, etc.
        out of one's tiny mind: see tiny adj. A.d.
        1. a1387
          He..sigh aboue a grisliche kynde, And fil anon out of his mynde.
          J. Trevisa, translation of R. Higden, Polychronicon (St. John's Cambridge MS.) (1865) vol. I. 421 (Middle English Dictionary)
        2. 1999
          The members of the public sat there with hands clasped between knees, or with heads angled to the ceiling, bored out of their minds.
          I. Rankin, Dead Souls xi. 67
        medicinecolloquial and slang
      1. IV.21.a.
        c1384–
        A person's cognitive, rational, or intellectual powers; the intellect; esp. as distinguished from the emotions, and frequently opposed to heart (cf. heart n. A.II.9a). Also (in extended use, by metonymy): a person of intellectual prowess; an intellectual.
        At times, the association with heart has led to the acquisition by mind of some of the connotations of heart when the two are juxtaposed. See also heart n. A.II.6b.
        1. c1384
          Thou shalt loue the Lord thi God, of al thin herte, and in al thi soule, and in al thi mynde.
          Bible (Wycliffite, early version) (Douce MS. 369(2)) (1850) Matthew xxii. 37
        2. 1999
          The consulting firms have figured out how to win over the hearts and minds of..twenty-one-year-olds.
          New Yorker 18 October 210/2
      2. IV.21.b.
        a1398–
        spec. Intellectual quality, keenness of intellect, mental power; frequently in man of mind.
        absence of mind, presence of mind: see absence n. 3, presence of mind n. at presence n. Phrases P.4.
        1. a1398
          Þese bestes han witte and mynde passynge oþere bestes.
          J. Trevisa, translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus Rerum (British Library Add. MS. 27944) (1975) vol. II. xviii. xlii. 1191
        2. 1996
          Lastly,..to Kate Newlin, who spent many of her weeknights and weekends contributing her clear, keen mind, marketing prowess, astounding strategic thinking, and her heart.
          F. Popcorn & L. Marigold, Clicking p. x
      3. IV.21.c.
        1728–
        Proverb. great minds think alike.
        1. 1728
          Great Minds often think alike on the same Occasions.
          J. Oldmixon, Bouhours' Arts of Logick & Rhetorick 125
        2. 1991
          ‘Great minds think alike,’ she said as if she'd invented the aphorism. Mrs Beattie nodded, ‘Ay.’ she said, ‘fools seldom differ!’
          J. Cairney, Worlds Apart 241