Definition of hope

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Hope (v. i.) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.

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Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul..
Trust :: Trust (n.) To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil..
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument..
Despair :: Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope..
Illusory :: Illusory (a.) Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes..
Hope :: Hope (n.) That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc..
Perdu :: Perdu (a.) A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
Desperate :: Desperate (n.) One desperate or hopeless.
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution..
Amphopeptone :: Amphopeptone (n.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone..
Despair :: Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Hope :: Hope (v. i.) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..
Hope :: Hope (v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of..
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