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n. [ Cf. Icel. hōp a small bay or inlet. ] 1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under Forlorn. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wished, but not with hope. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hoped p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping. ] [ AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hoppan, 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. “Hope for good success.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in. “I hope in thy word.” Ps. cxix. 81. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

We hope no other from your majesty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charity ] hopeth all things. 1 Cor. xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To expect; to fear. [ Obs. ] “I hope he will be dead.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. “I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood.” Mrs. Centlivre. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. expected and desired. Contrasted with unexpected.
Syn. -- anticipated, awaited(predicate), prospective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. “Hopeful scholars.” Addison.

-- Hope"ful*ly, adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a hopeful manner. [ PJC ]

2. I hope; if all goes well; as, hopefully, the dress will be ready before the party. Some prescriptivists object to this usage as being ungrammatical, but it is very common and well understood. It is usually used to begin a sentence describing a desired future event. [ PJC ]

n. [ Named after Professor Hope, of Edinburgh. ] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hopelessword of “never to return”
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [ Obs. ] Marston.

-- Hope"less*ly, adv. -- Hope"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hopes. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedics; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ortho- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a child. ] (Med.) The art or practice of correcting disorders or deformities of the spine and joints, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.
Syn. -- orthopaedics, orthopedy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ortho- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a child. ] (Med.) Same as orthopedics. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

obs. p. p. of Shape. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not hoped or expected. “With unhoped success.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blessings of friends, which to my door
Unasked, unhoped, have come. J. N. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unhoped; unexpected. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
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See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
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See imaginable.
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See immortal.
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See impressionable.
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See incidental.
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See inflammable.
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See ingenious.
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See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
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See intentional.
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See kingly.
See knightly.
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See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
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See lightsome.
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See marketable.
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See marvelous.
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See matronlike.
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