Definition of mental
- mental health
- mental acuity
- made quick mental calculations
- mental anguish
- a mental breakdown
- mental science
- the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
- —J. W. Yolton
- mental hospitals
- mental telepathy
First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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First Known Use: circa 1727
in the meaning defined above
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