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overhope

noun

Etymology

From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.

  1. inherited from overhope

Definitions

  1. Excessive hope or anticipation

    Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.

    • If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope.

  2. Hopefulness

    Hopefulness; sanguineness.

  3. To hope excessively

    To hope excessively; presume.

    • If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
    • I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding …
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To hope constantly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA