Part 5382

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Hope</i> is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I <i>hope</i> she takes me to be flesh and blood."</note>

<i>Mrs. Centlivre.</i>

<h1>Hopeful</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hope"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.</def>

<blockquote>Men of their own natural inclination <b>hopeful</b> and strongly conceited. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; <as>as, a <ex>hopeful</ex> youth; a <ex>hopeful</ex> prospect.</as></def> "<i>Hopeful</i> scholars."

<i>Addison.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Hope"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hope"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hopeite</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hope"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Professor <ets>Hope</ets>, of Edinburgh.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.</def>

<h1>Hopeless</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hope"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.</def>

<blockquote>I am a woman, friendless, <b>hopeless</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; <as>as, a <ex>hopeless</ex> cause</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>hopeless</b>word of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unhoped for; despaired of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Hope"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hope"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hoper</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hopes.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hopingly</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hopeful manner.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Hoplite</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ tool, weapon: cf. F. <ets>hoplite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A heavy-armed infantry soldier.</def>

<i>Milford.</i>