misgive
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misgive
Vocabulary lists containing misgive
Example Sentences
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The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.
From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath
It was rather discouraging, wearisome work, and Billy's heart began to misgive him as one after another refused his request.
From The English Orphans by Holmes, Mary Jane
Did you mean to put me to a last test?—or did your hard little heart misgive you at the last moment?
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
There was something in this reply, and the tone in which it was uttered, that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
My mind always seems to misgive me when I think of him; and I have so strong a foreboding that he has received my last blessing, that I cannot overcome it.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
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