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misgive

[mis-giv] / mɪsˈgɪv /




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There was something in this reply and the tone in which it was uttered that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington

Why does my heart misgive? & scalding tears, That should but mourn, now prophecy her loss?

From Proserpine and Midas by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Why misgive, And force on ills you fear!

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Did you mean to put me to a last test?—or did your hard little heart misgive you at the last moment?

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.

From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath




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