transitive verb. To arouse suspicion or apprehension in.

To give or grant amiss.

To give doubt or apprehension to; make apprehensive; cause to hesitate: used of the mind, heart, conscience, etc., with a pronoun for object, or with the object unexpressed.

To give way to doubt; be apprehensive; hesitate.

To give way; break down.

intransitive verb. To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.

transitive verb. To give or grant amiss.

transitive verb. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun.

transitive verb. To suspect; to dread.

verb. to give fear or doubt to

verb. suggest fear or doubt

"Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint."