Definitions

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  • verb transitive, dialectal To bear in mind; consider.
  • adjective Of a mind; willing; inclined to.

Etymologies

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From Middle English iminden, imunden, from Old English ġemyndan ("to bear in mind, be mindful of"), equivalent to y- +‎ mind or a- +‎ mind. More at mind.

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Examples

  • That puts me amind of an old sea shanty: Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies,

    September 2005 2005

  • The rye is well for whose amind but the wheateny one is proper lovely.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • If China wants to talk, can Taiwan really refuse to talk amind international pressure?

    Ma on NPR Michael Turton 2006

  • Nkabinde, expelled from the African National Congress amind allegations he had spied for the apartheid government, blamed the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • It was difficult to hold on to the stage and each other and the cloak all at once, but they succeeded, except in the roughest places, when from time to time they were bounced amind.

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • "Why, yes, father, if it's anything 'aticular, and if it isn't you can amind me of it, can't you, father?"

    The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892

  • "It'll do no harm to _'amind_ God, any way," she observed with satisfaction, as she lay down in bed and composed herself for her night's repose.

    Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

  • That the consequence should be the total derangement of amind which was constitutionally unsettled by giddiness and vanity, was extremely natural; and such was, in fact, the history of Madge Wildfire's insanity.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • It withdrew a previous effort in late 2008 amind the economic downturn that year.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • It withdrew a previous effort in late 2008 amind the economic downturn that year.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010

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