Meaning of mishope | Babel Free

Definitions

To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.

nonstandard, obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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.”

“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 rather offering herself to his pure and towering want, […]”

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