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v. - Suggest fear or doubt.

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Usage examples (34)
  • "My mind doth misgive me that you are right," said Philip.
  • "Lady Maude advised me in it, and I cannot say I repent it now, though my heart does misgive ever and again," he replied.
  • So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling.
  • I was not prepared for quite so much dispatch, and felt my heart misgive me, as if it were hovering between heaven and earth; but
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