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misgave


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Misgive  \Mis*give"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Misgave};  p.  p.  {Misgiven};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Misgiving}.] 
  1.  To  give  or  grant  amiss.  [Obs.]  --Laud. 
 
  2.  Specifically:  To  give  doubt  and  apprehension  to  instead 
  of  confidence  and  courage;  to  impart  fear  to  to  make 
  irresolute;  --  usually  said  of  the  mind  or  heart,  and 
  followed  by  the  objective  personal  pronoun. 
 
  So  doth  my  heart  misgive  me  in  these  conflicts  What 
  may  befall  him  to  his  harm  and  ours  --Shak. 
 
  Such  whose  consciences  misgave  them  how  ill  they 
  had  deserved.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  To  suspect;  to  dread.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 




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