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Despair
despair (?), v. i. (imp. p. pr. de- + sperare
to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space,
E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F.
espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.) To be
hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; --
often with of.
We despaired even of life. 2
Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of Gods blessings
here. Wake.
Syn. -- See Despond.
despair , v. t. 1.To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
(Obs.)
I would not despair the greatest design that
could be attempted. Milton.
2. To cause to despair. (Obs.) Sir
W. Williams.
despair , n. (Cf. OF. despoir,fr. desperer.) 1. Loss of hope; utter
hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,
Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
Keble.
Before he (Bunyan) was ten, his sports were
interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
Macaulay.
2. That which is despaired of. The
mere despair of surgery he cures. Shak.
Syn. -- Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
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