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Hope   /hoʊp/   Listen
verb
Hope  v. t.  
1.
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."
2.
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)  
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. "Hope for good success." "But I will hope continually."
2.
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.  
1.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges. (Obs.)
2.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven. (Scot.)


Hope  n.  
1.
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."
2.
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."
3.
That which is hoped for; an object of hope. "Lavina is thine elder brother's hope."





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"Hope" Quotes from Famous Books



... have been looked for even in less unfavourable circumstances, and many Englishmen, and Indians also, who disliked and distrusted the reforms and would have preferred to stand in the old ways, are coming round to the belief that in their success lies the best and possibly the one real hope for the future. Faith is naturally strongest in those who see in the experiment the natural and logical corollary of that even bolder experiment initiated nearly a hundred years ago when we introduced Western education in India. That was the great ...
— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol
... written in the chalk. Few passages in the history of man can be supported by such an overwhelming mass of direct and indirect evidence as that which testifies to the truth of the fragment of the history of the globe which I hope to enable you to read with your own eyes to-night. Let me add that few chapters of human history have a more profound significance for ourselves. I weigh my words well when I assert that the man who should know the true history of the bit of chalk which every carpenter carries ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland IV • Various
... gorgeous being who presides over the maiden's chariot. But she rides not in solitary state. Fame perched on a golden canopy blows her trumpet; Vigilance, Wisdom, Charity, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance, Faith, Hope, Charity, Loyalty, and the nine muses, attend upon her. She has eight pages of honour dressed in cloth of silver walk by her side, and Triumph acts as charioteer. The whole machine is drawn by nine white Flanders horses, each horse ridden by some emblematical personage—such as Victory, ...
— Memorials of Old London - Volume I • Various
... is men's hope; (2) he is the heroes' hope; (3) gehyld the secret place of enchanters; cf. hlsmanna gehyld, Gr.'s reading, after A.-S. ...
— Beowulf • James A. Harrison and Robert Sharp, eds.
... you!" cried Lapham brutally, but a wild predatory hope made his heart leap so that it seemed to turn over in his breast. "I don't believe there are any such parties to begin with; and in the next place, I don't believe they would buy at any such figure; unless—unless you've lied to them, as you've lied to ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells


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