Definition for MIS-GIVE

MIS-GIVE, v.t. [misgiv'. See Give.]

  1. To with doubt; to deprive of confidence; to fail; usually applied to the heart. So doth my heart misgive rne.. Shak. His heart misgave him. Addison.
  2. To give or grant amiss. [Not in use.] Laud.

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