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hoped, ppl. a.|həʊpt|
[f. hope v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Expected with desire: see hope v. 3.
1573Tusser Husb. cvi. (1878) 196 This was both God and man, of Jewes the hoped king. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Dec. 100 All my hoped gaine is turnd to scathe. 1625Modell Wit 62 b, Shall..all my hoped ioyes be defeated in a moment? 1685H. More Illustr. 300 Which are the hoped Consequences thereof.
b. Now usually hoped-for: see hope v. 1.
1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 61 Cold biting Winter marres our hop'd-for Hay. 1694Salmon Bates' Disp. Ded. (1713) A ij b, This Book, which, through your Benignity, cannot go without its hop'd-for Effects. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 485 Two-fifths only of the hoped-for produce was yielded. 1947Sci. News IV. 37 The patience in collecting and sifting evidence that goes on steadily from the moment a body is found to the hoped-for sequel when a suspect is charged. 1967Listener 30 Mar. 426/1 They gave the hoped-for succession of industries from 40,000 to 9,000 years ago.
†2. Viewed or contemplated with hope; about which hopes are entertained. Obs.
1581Mulcaster Positions xli. (1887) 241 His most honored prince, and his best hoped pupill.
3. Possessed of or imbued with hope. dial.
1896Barrie Marg. Ogilvy ii. (1897) 34 The Doctor says this morning that he is better hoped now, but at present we can say no more but only she is alive. |