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lso, 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…

Disposed; inclined; having a mind. Joseph... was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19. If men were minded to live virtuously. Tillotson.

One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.

Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant. What is man, that thou art mindful of him Ps. viii. 4. I promise you to be mindful of your admonitions. Hammond. -- Mind"ful*ly, adv. -- Mind"ful*ness, n.

Regard; mindfulness.

Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.

Having much intellectual power. -- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

Like-minded. [Obs.]

Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.

Worldly-minded.

Grossness of mind.

Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jas. i. 8.

poken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; -- opposed to eye-minded.

Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.

Having equanimity.

tions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.

ual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. -- Eye"-mind`ed*ness, n.

Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. -- Fair"*mind`ed*ness, n.

wer; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.