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MISGIVE

\mɪsɡˈɪv], \mɪsɡˈɪv], \m_ɪ_s_ɡ_ˈɪ_v]\

Definitions of MISGIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To suspect; to dread.
To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To suspect; to dread.
To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To cause to fail in confidence, courage, etc.; make fearful; as, my heart misgives me.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To fail, as the heart.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To fill with doubt; fail.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To fill with doubt; to fail.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To fill with doubt; to deprive of confidence; to fail, applied to the heart, as, my heart misgave me.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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