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† ˈesperance Obs.
Also 5–6 esperaunce, 6 espirance.
[a. F. esperance = Pr. esperansa, Sp. esperanza, It. speranza:—late L. *spērantia, f. spērāre to hope.]
Expectation, hope.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. civ. (1869) 56 Þe burdoun hatteth esperaunce. 1474Caxton Chesse 51 Made hym to sitte besyde hym for to geue hym good esperaunce. a1508Henryson Gamut Good Ladies viii, in Gilfillan Spec. Brit. Poets (1861) I. 58 Her sleeves should be of esperance To keep her from despair. 1552Lyndesay Monarche iv. 5632 On the left hand of that gret Iuge; But espirance to gett refuge. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. i. 4 The lowest and most deiected thing of Fortune, Stands still in esperance. a1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1842–6) III. 9 In assured hope and esperance to recover his oun rowme.
b. Used as a watchword or battle-cry.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, v. ii. 97 Now Esperance Percy, and set on. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, ccc, Esperance! Noe, the word is, face about. |