[hope] vb hoped ; hop.ing [ME, fr. OE hopian; akin to MHG hoffen to hope] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to cherish a desire with anticipation "~s for a promotion"
2. archaic: trust ~ vt 1: to desire with expectation of obtainment
2: to expect with confidence: trust syn see expect -- hop.er n -- hope against hope : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment
[2]hope n (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: trust, reliance
2. a: desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment "came in ~s of seeing you"; also: expectation of fulfillment or success "no ~ of a cure" b: someone or something on which hopes are centered "our only ~ for victory" c: something hoped for