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  1.  Kindly disposed. Sc.

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c. 1470.  Henry, Wallace, XI. 1041. I haiff spokyn with lord Clyfford that knycht, Wyth thair chyftanys weill menyt for your lyff.

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  2.  = WELL-MEANT.

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a. 1711.  Ken, Hymnarium, Poet. Wks. 1721, II. II. 94. Well-mean’d, tho’ wandring Pray’rs.

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1761.  Brit. Mag., II. 606. The Christian Common Prayer Book.… Sensible, moderate, and well-meaned.

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