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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hope \Hope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hoped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Hoping}.] [AS. hopian akin to D. hopen, Sw hopp?, 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.
But I will hope continually. --Ps. lxxi.
14.
2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation
of good; -- usually followed by in ``I hope in thy
word.'' --Ps. cxix. 81.
Why art thou cast down O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. --Ps. xlii
11.
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