DESPAIR
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De*spair" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
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We despaired even of life.
2 Cor. i. 8.
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Never despair of God's blessings here.
Wake.
Syn. -- See Despond.
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De*spair", v. t. 1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.]
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I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
Milton.
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2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.
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De*spair", n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
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We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,
Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
Keble.
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Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
Macaulay.
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2. That which is despaired of. “The mere despair of surgery he cures.” Shak.
Syn. -- Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
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