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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hope

Hope, n.

noun

(20), n. [A-S. hopa, D. hoop, hope, Sw. hoop, Dan. haab, Ger. hoffnung.]

Sense 1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of any thing desirable; confidence; expectation.

The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13.

He wished, but not with hope. Milton.

Sense 2. That which gives hope; he, who, or that which, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16.

A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.

Sense 3. That which is hoped for.

Hōpe, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. HOPED (hōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. HOPING.] [A-S. hopian, D. hopen, Sw. hoppas, Dan. haabe, L. Ger. hopen, N. H. Ger. hoffen.]

  1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, with some expectation of obtaining it, or belief that it is obtainable. “Hope for good success.” Bp. Taylor.
  2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11.

Hōpe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To desire with expectation, or with belief in the possibility or the prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the anticipation of obtaining. So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear, Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear. Dryden.

Hōpe, n.

noun

[Prob. of Celtic origin.] A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Obs.] Ainsworth.