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Definition of "misgiven" []

  • Past participle of misgive (verb)

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Use "misgiven" in a sentence
  • "Had not my heart misgiven me, and had I not, just in time, recollected that she was not so much in my power, but that she might abandon me at her pleasure, having more friends in that house than I had, I should at that moment have made offers, that would have decided all, one way or other. —"
  • "And yet it would have misgiven him more had he allowed himself to be entrapped by Miss Dawkins."
  • "London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt."
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