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misgive

mis·give [ miss gív ] (past mis·gave [ miss gáyv ], past participle mis·giv·en [ miss gívvən ], present participle mis·giv·ing, 3rd person present singular mis·gives)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
be fearful: to feel apprehensive, or to cause a feeling of apprehension or foreboding in somebody ( literary )

[Early 16th century. <give in the obsolete sense "suggest"]
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