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.
Mis*give", v. i. To give out doubt
and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. "My mind
misgives." Shak.
