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Dictionary Results for Misgive:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
misgive
    v 1: suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had
         acted inexcusably"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.]
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   1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud.
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   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.
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            So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
            What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak.
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            Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they
            had deserved.                         --Milton.
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   3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. i.
   To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or
   irresolute. "My mind misgives." --Shak.
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