单词 | whole of mind |
释义 | > as lemmaswhole of mind b. In phrases, frequently in legal contexts (esp. in or concerning wills) or in imitation of legal use, expressing a declaration of a person's mental health: of sound (or unsound) mind, †in good mind, whole of mind, etc. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Mark v. 15 Thei camen to Jhesu, and thei seen hym [sc. Legion]..sittynge clothid, and of hoole mynde. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 4 I, Alice West,..in hool estat of my body, and in good mynde beynge. 1402 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 211 (MED) I John Girdeler of Harfeld, in god mynde and saf memorye, make my testement. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 30 Hole of mynde & in gode memorie beyng. 1430 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 85 Beyng in full mende. 1438–9 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 129 Beyng yn hole mynde & goode witte. 1451 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 149 (MED) I, dame Heleyn Gilson..hole in witt and mynde. 1469 in J. B. Clare Rec. Wenhaston & Bulcamp, Suffolk (1906) 30 I, Richard Pepyn of Wenyston, beying hool in my witt and clare mende make and ordeyne ys my last will. 1562 in Carte Monalium de Northberwic (1847) 86 The said Jhone being seik in bodye and haill in mynd. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 4 If I flatter not my selfe, I haue a whole minde within my crasie bodie. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 32 A debilitated Body, and unsound Mind. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. cclxvii Just so long as his inability is supposed to continue: that is,..in the case of insanity, till he be of sound mind and understanding. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. App. 523 To prove that the said Nicholas was of unsound mind at the time of the said fine taken. 1826 W. Roberts Treat. Wills (ed. 3) I. 32 No person who is not of a reasonable mind and sane memory can make any disposition by will. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. ix. 157 I am..unsure if I be whole of mind. I think I have been estranged from my right wits. 1884 Law Rep. 27 Chanc. Div. 119 The soundness or unsoundness of mind of the alleged lunatic. 1988 B. W. Aldiss Forgotten Life ix. 136 This is my life history, which I set down this 8th day of January 1987, being of sound mind more or less. 1999 Daily Tel. 27 July 5/5 [He] told him that the Miss Kay he had met was in sound mind and had made her will voluntarily and without any obvious pressure. < as lemmas |
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