Despair /(?)/

De·spair

Despair

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing

  1. To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
    We despaired even of life.
    — 2 Cor. i. 8.
    Never despair of God's blessings here.
    — Wake.

Despair

v. t.
  1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.]
    I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
  2. To cause to despair. [Obs.]

Despair

n.
  1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
    We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
    Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
  2. That which is despaired of.