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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I would not <b>despair</b> the greatest design that could be attempted. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to despair.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Williams.</i>

<h1>Despair</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*spair"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>despoir</ets>, fr. <ets>desperer</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.</def>

<blockquote>We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with <b>despair</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and <b>despair</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is despaired of.</def> "The mere <i>despair</i> of surgery he cures."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.</syn>

<h1>Despairer</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spair"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who despairs.</def>

<h1>Despairful</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spair"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hopeless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Despairing</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spair"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*spair"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*spair"ing*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Desparple</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spar"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>desparpeillier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To scatter; to disparkle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mandeville.</i>

<h1>Despatch</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spatch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Dispatch</er>.</def>

<h1>Despecificate</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De`spe*cif"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>specificate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully <b>despecificated</b>. <i>Fitzed. Hall.</i></blockquote>