˜yÐÄvlog

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gaingiving

[ geyn-giv-ing, geyn-giv- ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. a misgiving.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gaingiving1

1325–75; gain- ( Middle English gein- ) against + give + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

"I was born without any such gaingiving; and the only uncomfortable feeling I have had, under such circumstances, was a sort of cold creeping about the stomach, as if it were raining inside of me."

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Beatrice smiled at him very kindly in the moonlight, for the youth in his voice appealed very earnestly to the youth in her heart, and it may be to a gaingiving that had also its lodging in her body and warned her of youth's briefness.

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His olden courage is without reproach; Albeit his temper trends toward gaingiving!

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