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mishope
/mɪsˈhəʊp/
verb 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
utter
VERB + MISHOPE
knew
PREP.
in
Definitions
verb
1
To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller.
Not destitute of love to God or Man; But with a serpent's quiet, hissing, hate, To whoso misbelieves, misdeems, mishopes; Nor sparing God himself, if God should spare, Nor loving whoso deems His name is Love, Nor speaking truly of who seeks but truth.
noun
1
despair; a hope not realised.
I was nearhand in utter mishope.
People who are older must know that as life advances it is only a series of hopes and mishopes with something infinite pulling them toward the end.
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This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller.
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Not destitute of love to God or Man; But with a serpent's quiet, hissing, hate, To whoso misbelieves, misdeems, mishopes; Nor sparing God himself, if God should spare, Nor loving whoso deems His name
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It was then that Hector was sure that he had won, mishoping, misreading her erotic fervor for a deeper devotion; for he was too young and ignorant to know that she was not acting or dissembling but ra
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I was nearhand in utter mishope.
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People who are older must know that as life advances it is only a series of hopes and mishopes with something infinite pulling them toward the end.
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“Mishope?” What sort of a name was that? The ton was prone to bestowing nicknames on people he knew, but mishope?
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