As Henry’s late presaging prophecy / Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, / So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts / What may befall him, to his harm and ours:
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Misgive
Synonyms for "misgive" (14 found)
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Translations
7 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使不安 verb (to give fear or doubt to)
- 使擔心 /使担心 verb (to give fear or doubt to)
Finnish
2 entries- aavistaa pahaa verb (to give fear or doubt to)
- epäillä verb (to give fear or doubt to)
Russian
1 entries- внуша́ть опасе́ния verb (to give fear or doubt to)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- slutiti verb (to give fear or doubt to)
- слутити verb (to give fear or doubt to)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Surely those unarmed and Petitioning People needed not have bin so formidable to any, but to such whose consciences misgave them how ill they had deserv’d of the People;
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Come hither Filch. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind miſgave me he vvere my ovvn. He hath as fine a Hand at picking a Pocket as a VVWoman, and is as nimble-finger’d as a Juggler.
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‘Poor Harry Jekyll,’ he thought, ‘my mind misgives me he is in deep waters![…]’
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