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单词 misgive
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misgivev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈɡɪv/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡɪv/
Inflections: Past tense misgave; past participle misgiven;
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and give v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, give v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + give v.With sense 1 compare give v. 22, and also earlier misforgive v.
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.
2. transitive. To suggest or prompt fear of. Obsolete. rare.
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].
II. Senses relating to failure or incorrect action.
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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