misgive

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MISGIVE, verb transitive misgiv'. [See Give.] To fill with doubt; to deprive of confidence; to fail; usually applied to the heart. So doth my heart misgive me. His heart misgave him. 1. To give or grant amiss. [Not in use.]
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