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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minded
adj
  1. (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified; "civic-minded"; "career-minded"
  2. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"
    Synonym(s): apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mind \Mind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Minding}.] [AS. myndian, gemynd[c6]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. [bd]Mind not high things, but condescend to men
            of low estate.[b8] --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 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.
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