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meant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mean \Mean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meant}; p. pr & vb n. {Meaning}.] [OE. menen, AS m[=ae]nan to recite, tell intend, wish; akin to OS m[=e]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]: Meant \Meant\, imp. & p. p. of {Mean}.
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