Definition of "misgive" []

• To arouse suspicion or apprehension in (one's mind or heart, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To be suspicious, apprehensive, or doubtful. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint."
• "My heart began then to misgive me a little, and I was very much fatigued; for I had no sleep for several nights before, to signify; and at last I said, Pray Mr. Robert, there is a town before us, what do you call it? —"
• "So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling."