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1 definition found 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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