Word Study
misgive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb misgive has 1 sense
- misgive(v = verb.cognition) Array - suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably" is one way to vex, worry
Derived forms noun misgiving2, noun misgiving1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
misgive, v. t.
- To give or grant amiss. Laud. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours." [1913 Webster]"Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved." [1913 Webster] - To suspect; to dread. Shak. [1913 Webster]
misgive, v. i.
To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
misgive, v.tr. (past -gave; past part. -given) (often foll. by about, that) (of a person's mind, heart, etc.) fill (a person) with suspicion or foreboding.
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