单词 | misgive |
释义 | misgivev. I. Senses relating to doubt or apprehension. 1. Now archaic and literary. a. transitive. Of a person's heart, mind: to incline (the person) to doubt or apprehension, to fill with suspicion or foreboding (about); to cause to fear that. Occasionally with non-referential it as subject. Also, of a person: to be apprehensive or fearful of (a task, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)] mishopea1250 misforgivea1425 suspect1509 misgivea1535 mistrust1535 to have one's heart in one's mouth1548 misdread1566 fear1600 apprehend1609 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)] misforgivea1425 feezec1440 effray1480 amaze?1518 misgivea1535 deter1595 baze1603 alarm1620 larum1758 to put the wind up1916 spook1935 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 52/2 Were it that before such great thinges, mens hartes..misgiueth them. a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) ii. ii My heart misgives me that..He's with your mother. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iv. 328 Those seruices which wee are forward to, aloofe off, wee shrinke at, neere hand, and fearefully misse-giue. 1613 Witches Apprehended sig. C3 Her heart misgaue her. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 846 Yet oft his heart, divine of somthing ill, Misgave him. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 14 Feb. (1948) II. 619 I was afraid to knock at the door; my mind misgave me. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. vi. 7 I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind misgave me he were my own. 1750 M. Clancy Sharper 80 My mind misgives me strangely. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto v. 172 Lord marquis, it much misgives me that this scene is concerted to affront me. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 559 The minds of the questioners misgave them that the guide was not the rude clown that he seemed. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xi. 92 I should have leaped out and run for it, if I had found the strength; but my limbs and heart alike misgave me. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xvi. 161 Anne's heart misgave her. This poor creature loved her—trusted her. How could she be a party to this destruction? 1987 ‘A. T. Ellis’ Clothes in Wardrobe 32 My heart misgave me. Together with the other pains of youth, I was shy. b. intransitive. Of the mind, and hence of a person: to have misgivings. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > be mistrustful, suspect [verb (intransitive)] ortrowOE souche1338 defyc1380 mistrusta1382 distrust1430 misdeema1450 misgive1567 misdoubt1580 suspect1593 savour1594 disconfide1627 suspicion1905 the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)] > want faith or confidence diffide1532 misgive1567 1567 [implied in: A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 130 Her fore misgiuing [1565 foremisgiving] mynd did also make her sad. (at misgiving adj.)]. 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. K4v My heart misgiues. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 89 Fetch me that handkercher, my mind misgiues. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 300 He began somewhat to misgive himselfe, and to feare detection. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 175 Learn if by female fraud this deed were done, Or (as my thought misgives) by Dolius' son. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. vi. 48 The zegris might misgive, did they see me leave the palace with you. 1872 C. J. Vaughan Earnest Words (1878) 154 When we..misgive ourselves as to the possibility of spiritual endurance. 1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxix. 183 When this man came my mind misgave. 1970 F. T. Prince Coll. Poems (1993) 135 The mind might shudder and misgive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > impel or prompt shapec1330 causec1340 servec1380 treat1387 movec1390 promove1477 promote1530 instinct1549 misgive1587 prompt1602 apprompt1605 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 308 Repentance presupposeth a fault, and conscience misgiueth the insewing of punishment for the same [Fr. s'en propose la pène]. 3. intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. Originally: (of a gun) to misfire. Later (more generally): to fail, go wrong. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > misfire misgive1570 misgo1586 mis-servea1661 to miss fire1687 misfire1753 1570 Court Bk. Broughton & Canongate (1937) 188 With ane bendit pistole..[he] schot the samin [pistol] to have slane him lyk as he had done wer nocht the samin misgaif. 1579 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 227 The said George Hume presentand ane pistolet to him, quhilk had slane him gif scho had not misgevin. 1629 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1901) 2nd Ser. III. 13 Thair purpose misgave thame. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 250 If the design of assaulting England misgive. 1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 267 If the pistoll did not snap and misgive. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 112 Upon which the 1st. and 2d. Brewings misgave likewise, but the 3d. was good. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. Aug. 401/1 It [sc. a gun] misgave with him thrice at a black cock. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 248 Oats for the first year frequently misgive. 1833 T. Chalmers On Power of God (1834) I. vi. 228 The abortive enterprises of..Utopianism..have all of them misgiven. 1880 Mrs. C. H. Macgill Mem. H. Macgill 61 Fall back in thought on the question who He is, and your hope will not misgive. 4. transitive. To give wrongly or improperly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > present > give in error misbestow1532 misgive1611 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > say or quote incorrectly missayc1325 misrehearse1533 misquote1598 miscite1605 misrepeat1615 misvoucha1626 misplead1676 misgivea1713 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mesdonner, to misgiue, or bestow amisse. 1639–40 W. Laud Hist. Chancellorship Oxf. (1700) II. 192 I knew nothing of any of their Liberty misgiven or misused, till about a Fortnight since. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 318 Quotations..misgiven, misapplied, or perverted. 1836 in F. W. Shearman Syst. Public Instr. & Primary School Law of Michigan (1852) 20 Public opinion directs the course which our government pursues, and so long as the people are enlightened, that direction will never be misgiven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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