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Bible Dictionaries
Hope
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
(2):
(v. i.) 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.
(3):
(v. t.) To expect; to fear.
(4):
(v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
(5):
(v. i.) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
(6):
(n.) A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
(7):
(n.) One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
(8):
(n.) A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
(9):
(n.) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hope'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hope.html. 1828.
