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- noun
Excessive hope oranticipation ;presumption . - noun
Hopefulness ;sanguineness . - verb transitive To
hope excessively ;presume . - verb transitive To hope constantly.
Etymologies
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From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.
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