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Webster 1913 Edition


Minded

Mind′ed

,
Adj.
Disposed; inclined; having a mind.
Joseph . . . was
minded
to put her away privily.
Matt. i. 19.
If men were
minded
to live virtuously.
Tillotson.
Minded is much used in composition; as, high-minded, feeble-minded, bloody-minded, sober-minded, double-minded.

Webster 1828 Edition


Minded

MINDED

,
Adj.
Disposed; inclined.
If men were minded to live virtuously.
Joseph was minded to put her away privily. Matt.1.
Minded is much used in composition; as high-minded; low-minded; feeble-minded; sober-minded; double-minded.

Definition 2024


minded

minded

English

Adjective

minded (comparative more minded, superlative most minded)

  1. Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things.
    literary-minded
    literature-minded
    two-minded
  2. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.
    I am minded to refuse the request.

Usage notes

This adjective is used

  • in sense 1, only with a preceding word describing the object of the inclination or the type of thinking, and the two are usually hyphenated.
  • in sense 2, only in the construction to be minded to do something.

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Verb

minded

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mind

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