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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Minded \Mind"ed\, adjective 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, bloody-minded, sober-minded, double-minded.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mind \Mind\ (m[imac]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Minded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Minding}.] [AS. myndian, gemynd[=i]an to remember. See {Mind}, noun]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
minded
adjective
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)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "minded": acquiescent, actuated, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, animated, apt, apt to, ardent, bent, calculated to, compliant, consenting, contemplating, content, cooperative, disposed, disposed to, dispositioned, docile, eager, enthusiastic, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, forward, game, given, given to, impelled, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, inclined to, inner-directed, intending, liable to, likely, likely to, minded to, motivated, moved, other-directed, planning, pliant, predisposed, predisposed to, prompt, prompted, prone, prone to, quick, ready, ready and willing, ready to, receptive, responsive, stimulated, tractable, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, zealous
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