Brian vs Mind - What's the difference?
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* 1865 Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell: Maxwell Drewitt . Tinsley Brothers, London 1865. page 255-256:
* 2008 Phill Young: FarArc . Author House 2008. ISBN 1434378365 page 145:
The ability for rational thought.
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The ability to be aware of things.
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The ability to remember things.
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The ability to focus the thoughts.
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Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
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Judgment, opinion, or view.
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Desire, inclination, or intention.
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A healthy mental state.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
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*1699 , ,
*:Study gives strength to the mind ; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
*1854 , Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts , p.19:
*:The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
*1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff.
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, title= (now, regional) To remember.
* 1896 , , (A Shropshire Lad), XXXVII, lines 25-26:
* Addison
(originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
(now, chiefly, North America, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 84:
To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on.
* Shakespeare
To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
(chiefly, in the imperative) To make sure, to take care ((that)).
To be careful about.
* 2005 , Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development , ISBN 9781848602120, page xv:
(obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.
* Fuller
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between brian and mind
is that brian is (dialectal|northern england) to keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat while mind is (now|regional) to remember.As a noun mind is
the ability for rational thought.brian
English
Alternative forms
* Bryan * BryonProper noun
(en proper noun)- "What the deuce is their fancy for calling the young beggar Brian'?" he inquired."Is it ' Brian Boroimhe they have gone back to, or is it some of her people, or what?"
- "There was a good Drewitt once," answered Wilhelmina, "- - - and his name was Brian'. - - - And Nannie told her, too, how a child always strains after the person it is called after, and how luck follows names, and worked her up to such a pit finally, that nothing would do her but the young gentleman must be called '''Brian''' and accordingly '''Brian''' he is - ' Brian Archibald. It is not an easy name to make fun out of; so all I can do is to call him Brin Baldy.
- Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian'? '''Brian''' is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like '''Brian'''? You can't even shorten ' Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!
Usage notes
After the Middle Ages, mostly used in Ireland; and again popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century.External links
* (Brian Boru)Anagrams
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Noun
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Synonyms
* (ability for rational thought) brain, head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit * (ability to be aware of things) awareness, consciousness, sentience * (ability to remember things) memory, recollection * (ability to focus the thoughts) attention, concentration, focus * (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) genius, intellectual, thinker * judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view * desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood * (healthy mental state) sanity * (process of ): cognition, learningDerived terms
* aftermind * amind * bear in mind * be of one mind * blow someone's mind * breadth of mind * change one's mind * come to mind * foremind * give someone a piece of one's mind * have a mind like a sieve * have a mind of one's own * have in mind * hivemind * in one's right mind * Jedi mind tricks * know one's own mind * lose one's mind * make up one's mind * meeting of the minds * mind's ear * mind's eye * mind-blowing * mindboggling * mindful * mindless * month's mind * of one mind * of two minds * out of one's mind * overmind * philosophy of mind * presence of mind * put someone in mind of * read someone's mind * right-minded * spring to mind * to my mind * top of mind * undermind * year's mindSee also
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot.
- You should mind your own business.
- bidding him be a good child, and mind his book
- I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
- ‘Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you.’
- My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
- Would you mind my bag for me?
- Mind you don't knock that glass over.
- Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
- I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
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- He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
- I do thee wrong to mind thee of it.