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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Minded  \Mind"ed\,  a. 
  Disposed;  inclined;  having  a  mind. 
 
  Joseph  .  .  .  was  minded  to  put  her  away  privily. 
  --Matt.  i.  19. 
 
  If  men  were  minded  to  live  virtuously.  --Tillotson. 
 
  Note:  Minded  is  much  used  in  composition;  as  high-minded, 
  feeble-minded,  sober-minded,  double-minded. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mind  \Mind\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Minded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Minding}.]  [AS.  myndian  gemynd[=i]an  to  remember.  See 
  {Mind},  n.] 
  1.  To  fix  the  mind  or  thoughts  on  to  regard  with  attention; 
  to  treat  as  of  consequence;  to  consider;  to  heed;  to  mark; 
  to  note.  ``Mind  not  high  things  but  condescend  to  men  of 
  low  estate.''  --Rom.  xii.  16. 
 
  My  lord,  you  nod:  you  do  not  mind  the  play.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  occupy  one's  self  with  to  employ  one's  self  about  to 
  attend  to  as  to  mind  one's  business. 
 
  Bidding  him  be  a  good  child,  and  mind  his  book. 
  --Addison. 
 
  3.  To  obey;  as  to  mind  parents;  the  dog  minds  his  master. 
 
  4.  To  have  in  mind;  to  purpose.  --Beaconsfield. 
 
  I  mind  to  tell  him  plainly  what  I  think.  --Shak. 
 
  5.  To  put  in  mind;  to  remind.  [Archaic]  --M.  Arnold. 
 
  He  minded  them  of  the  mutability  of  all  earthly 
  things  --Fuller. 
 
  I  do  thee  wrong  to  mind  thee  of  it  --Shak. 
 
  {Never  mind},  do  not  regard  it  it  is  of  no  consequence;  no 
  matter. 
 
  Syn:  To  notice;  mark;  regard;  obey.  See  {Attend}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  minded 
  adj  1:  (used  in  combination)  mentally  oriented  toward  something 
  specified;  "civic-minded";  "career-minded" 
  2:  (used  in  combination)  being  of  a  specified  kind  of 
  inclination  or  disposition;  "serious-minded"; 
  "fair-minded" 
  3:  (usually  followed  by  `to')  naturally  disposed  toward;  "he  is 
  apt  to  ignore  matters  he  considers  unimportant";  "I  am  not 
  minded  to  answer  any  questions"  [syn:  {apt(p)},  {disposed(p)}, 
  {given(p)},  {minded(p)},  {tending(p)}]




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