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n. [ AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Wane, and Hope. ] Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. “Wanhope and distress.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]