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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Mean \Mean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meant}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meaning}.] [OE. menen, AS. m[aemac]nan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. m[emac]nian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. [?]. See {Mind}, and cf. {Moan}.] 1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ? What mean ye by this service ? --Ex. xii. 26. Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good. --Gen. 1. 20. I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it. --Longfellow. 2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote. What mean these seven ewe lambs ? --Gen. xxi. 29. Go ye, and learn what that me[?]neth. --Matt. ix. 13. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Meant \Meant\, imp. & p. p. of {Mean}. | |
