Mis-gīve′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. MISGAVE; p. p. MISGIVEN; p. pr. & vb. n. MISGIVING.] [See GIVE.] 1. To fill with doubt and apprehension; to deprive of confidence; to fail; —usually applied to the heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun, as me, him, them. So doth my heart misgive me. Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved of the people. Milton. 2. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] Laud.