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<i>Blackstone.</i>

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<hw>Hope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>h\'d3p</ets> a small bay or inlet.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sloping plain between mountain ridges.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small bay; an inlet; a haven.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

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<hw>Hope</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS., <ets>akin to D</ets>. <ets>hoop</ets>, <ets>hope</ets>, Sw. <ets>hopp</ets>, Dan. <ets>haab</ets>, MHG. <ets>hoffe</ets>. <ets>Hope</ets> in <ets>forlorn hope</ets> is different word. See <ets>Forlorn hope</ets>, under <er>Forlorn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The hypocrite's <b>hope</b> shall perish. <i>Job vii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He wished, but not with <b>hope</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>New thoughts of God, new <b>hopes</b> of Heaven. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord will be the <b>hope</b> of his people. <i>Joel iii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A young gentleman of great <b>hopes</b>, whose love of learning was highly commendable. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is hoped for; an object of hope.</def>

<blockquote>Lavina is thine elder brother's <b>hope</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hope</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>hopian</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hopen</ets>, Sw. <ets>hopp<?/</ets>, Dan. <ets>haabe</ets>, G. <ets>hoffen</ets>. See 2nd <er>Hope</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>for</i>.</def> "<i>Hope</i> for good success."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>But I will <b>hope</b> continually. <i>Ps. lxxi. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by <i>in</i>.</def> "I <i>hope</i> in thy word."

<i>Ps. cxix. 81.</i>

<blockquote>Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? <b>Hope</b> thou in God. <i>Ps. xlii. 11.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>hope</b> no other from your majesty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[Charity] <b>hopeth</b> all things. <i>1 Cor. xiii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expect; to fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "I <i>hope</i> he will be dead."