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verb

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. "We hope no other from your majesty." "(Charity) hopeth all things."

To expect; to fear. (Obs.) "I hope he will be dead." Note: Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood."

Hope v. i. (past & past part. hoped; pres. part. hoping)

To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; usually followed by for. "Hope for good success." "But I will hope continually."

To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. "I hope in thy word." "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God."

noun

Hope n.

A sloping plain between mountain ridges. (Obs.)

A small bay; an inlet; a haven. (Scot.)

Hope n.

A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy. "The hypocrite's hope shall perish." "He wished, but not with hope." "New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven."

One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. "The Lord will be the hope of his people." "A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable."

That which is hoped for; an object of hope. "Lavina is thine elder brother's hope."

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Etymology of 'Hope'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hope" Quotes from Famous Books

... so cruel and coarse, Philip, so unworthy of your real self?" She spoke despairingly, not able wholly to believe that the old self was the true self, yet clinging, woman-like, to the hope that she ...

— In the Valley • Harold Frederic

... all in a measure feel its good effects. Even the avowed infidel living in our midst is far more under its influences, though indirectly so, than he is aware of. And where there is life, there we have hope of growth, of higher development. To cherish that growth, to further that higher development by all gracious and loving and generous influences, is a work for which women are especially adapted. They work from within outwardly. Men work ...

— Female Suffrage • Susan Fenimore Cooper

... corrupt our nation with." "I am heartily sorry," cries Allworthy. "Pox o' your sorrow," says Western; "it will do me abundance of good when I have lost my only child, my poor Sophy, that was the joy of my heart, and all the hope and comfort of my age; but I am resolved I will turn her out o' doors; she shall beg, and starve, and rot in the streets. Not one hapeny, not a hapeny shall she ever hae o' mine. The son of a bitch was always good at ...

— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding

... from Versailles * * * It only remains for us to choose our colours. Quelle couleur voulez vous? Green, the colour of hope; or the blue of Cincinnati, the colour of American liberty ...

— Royal Palaces and Parks of France • Milburg Francisco Mansfield

... you a list; not bad names either; the elite, if I am correctly informed; they will rather surprise you. Aeschines the Socratic, now, author of dialogues as witty as they are long, brought them with him to Sicily in the hope that they would gain him the royal notice of Dionysius; having given a reading of the Miltiades, and found himself famous, he settled down in Sicily to sponge on Dionysius and forget ...

— Works, V3 • Lucian of Samosata

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