Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who desponds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who desponds.
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- noun One who
desponds .
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Examples
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But, as I am a desponder in my nature, and have tolerably well discovered the disposition of our people, who never will move a step towards easing themselves from any one single grievance; it will be thought, that I have already said too much, and to little or no purpose; which hath often been the fate, or fortune of the writer,
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Jonathan Swift 1706
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