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hı̄´mı̄nd-ed: In modern usage denotes elevation of mind in a good sense, but formerly it was used to denote upliftedness in a bad sense, pride, arrogance. It is the translation of hupseÌ„lophroneÌoÌ„, “to be highminded,†“proud,†“haughty†(, “Be not highminded, but fearâ€; , “Charge them that are rich ... that they be not highmindedâ€); of tuphoÌoÌ„ “to wrap in mist or smoke,†trop., to wrap in conceit, to make proud, etc. (, “Traitors, heady, highminded,†the Revised Version (British and American) “puffed upâ€; compare ; ). “No one can be highminded without thinking better of himself, and worse of others, than he ought to think†(Crabb, English Synonyms).