Definition of hope

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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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Cheer :: Cheer (v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort..
Hoped :: Hoped (imp. & p. p.) of Hop.
Despairful :: Despairful (a.) Hopeless.
Abject :: Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts..
Optimism :: Optimism (n.) A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Orthopedic :: Orthopedic (a.) Alt. of Orthopedica.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..
Invite :: Invite (v. t.) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Expectant :: Expectant (n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
Unhoped :: Unhoped (a.) Not hoped or expected.
Conceive :: Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope..
Morale :: Morale (a.) The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like..
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..
Tantalism :: Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Optimistic :: Optimistic (a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view..
Promise :: Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise..
High-raised :: High-raised (a.) Elated with great ideas or hopes.
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