MEAN

mean. Mean, a. low, pitiful, fordid, medial, average

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Mean (mēn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meant (mĕnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Meaning.] [[OE. menen, AS. mǣnan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. mēnian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. √104. See Mind, and cf. Moan.]] 1. 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. 2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
What mean these seven ewe lambs ? Gen. xxi. 29. Go ye, and learn what that meaneth. Matt. ix. 13.