From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meant} (m[e^]nt); 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. [root]104. 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?
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What mean ye by this service ? --Ex. xii. 26.
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Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
good. --Gen. 1. 20.
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I am not a Spaniard
To say that it is yours and not to mean it.
--Longfellow.
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2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
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What mean these seven ewe lambs ? --Gen. xxi.
29.
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Go ye, and learn what that meaneth. --Matt. ix.
13.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Meant \Meant\,
imp. & p. p. of {Mean}.
[1913 Webster] Meantime
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