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mishope

/mɪsˈhəʊp/

mishope verb: to fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.

Verb

mishope (third-person singular simple present mishopes, present participle mishoping, simple past and past participle mishoped)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, transitive) 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.1846, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testament
    • 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.1870, Rowland Williams, Owen Glendower

Noun

mishope (countable and uncountable, plural mishopes)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) despair; a hope not realised.
    • I was nearhand in utter mishope.1888, Emily Sarah Holt, In convent walls
    • 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.1919, Daniel Carson Goodman, The taker

Forms of mishope

Verb
third-person singular presentmishopes
present participlemishoping
past participlemishoped
pastmishoped
Noun
pluralmishopes

Origin of mishope

From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.

From Middle English mishope, equivalent to mis- + hope (noun). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishope, Middle Swedish mishop.

Questions about mishope

What does mishope mean?
Mishope means to fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
What part of speech is mishope?
Mishope can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce mishope?
Mishope is pronounced /mɪsˈhəʊp/.
What is the past tense of mishope?
The past tense of mishope is mishoped.

Words near mishope in the dictionary

  1. misholds
  2. Mishongnovi
  3. Mishongovi
  4. mishoon
  5. mishoons
  6. mishope
  7. mishoped
  8. mishopes
  9. mishoping
  10. mishoused
  11. mishpachah

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