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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hope \Hope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hoped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoping}.] [AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hopp[?], Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd {Hope}.] 1. 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. [bd]Hope for good success.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. But I will hope continually. --Ps. lxxi. 14. 2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in. [bd]I hope in thy word.[b8] --Ps. cxix. 81. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. --Ps. xlii. 11. |