Meaning

3 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)Of the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.

    внуша́ть опасе́нияvnušátʹ opasénija

    suggest fear or doubt

  2. (archaic, transitive)To suspect; to dread.

  3. (archaic, transitive)To give wrongly; to give or grant amiss.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. His heart misgave him.

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  2. They have misgiven the information.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
to give fear or doubt to:

Origin

from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, give”). Compare given and what gives

from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, give”). Compare given and what gives.

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Forms

misgives, misgiving, misgave, misgiven
Base formmisgive · to misgive
3rd person singularmisgives
Present participlemisgiving
Past simplemisgave
Past participlemisgiven

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisgive
he, she, itmisgives

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisgave

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misgiven
he, she, ithas misgiven

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misgive

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmisgiving

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misfitmisfortuneB2misgendermisgivingmisguidemishandle
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