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To have a mind

Mind \Mind\ (m[imac]nd), n. [AS. mynd, gemynd; akin to OHG. minna memory, love, G. minne love, Dan. minde mind, memory, remembrance, consent, vote, Sw. minne memory, Icel. minni, Goth. gamunds, L. mens, mentis, mind, Gr. me`nos, Skr. manas mind, man to think. [root]104, 278. Cf. Comment, Man, Mean, v., 3d Mental, Mignonette, Minion, Mnemonic, Money.]

  1. 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.

  2. The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as:

    1. Opinion; judgment; belief.

      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.

    2. Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.

      If it be your minds, then let none go forth.
      --2 Kings ix. 15.

    3. Courage; spirit.
      --Chapman.

  3. Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

    To have a mind or To have a great mind, to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; -- used with an infinitive. ``Sir Roger de Coverly . . . told me that he had a great mind to see the new tragedy with me.''
    --Addison.

    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. ``Regard us simply as putting you in mind of what you already know to be good policy.''
    --Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Usage examples of "to have a mind".

But within the Mind realms, in order to contact the 'outer' creation, the universes of the Mind - which include this physical world - it is necessary to have a mind and body structure which contains points of resonance or energetic similarity or contact with that part of the universe with which we wish to be in communion.

It is just that she symbolized all the forces that have been standing on my neck ever since I was old enough to have a mind of my own.

In this yoga one has to go beyond conventional ideas and also to have a mind which is elastic.

They have probably managed to have a mind-to-mind link with a composer at some time, and have thus absorbed part of their personality.

Her shadow seemed to have a mind of its own and was a recalcitrant, halting partner in the training.