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▪ I. † ˈoverhope, n. Obs.
[over- 29.]
Too great hope or confidence; presumption.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6289 (Petyt MS.) Bot his ouerhope [v.r. ouerwenyng] gan faille. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 10 Ne we sall noghte com so ferre in-to ouerhope for to trayste so mekill in Goddes gudnes þat we sall hope to haue þat blysse with-owttene gude dedys. c1440Jacob's Well 85 Oon is presumpcyoun, þat is, ouyr-hope.
▪ II. † overˈhope, v. Obs.
[over- 25.]
To hope exceedingly: rendering L. supersperāre.
a1300E.E. Psalter cxviii. 43 For in þi domes over-hoped I ai. 1382Wyclif Ibid., For in thi domes I ouer hopide. a1669Trapp in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxix. 74 The Vulgate rendereth it supersperavi, I have over-hoped. |