esperance


es·per·ance

E0214100 (ĕs′pər-əns)n. Obsolete Hope.
[Middle English esperaunce, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *spērantia, from Latin spērāns, spērant-, present participle of spērāre, to hope; see spē- in Indo-European roots.]

esperance

(ˈɛspərəns) narchaic hope or expectation[C15: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sperantia (unattested), from Latin spērāre to hope, from spēs hope]

hope

(hoʊp)

n., v. hoped, hop•ing. n. 1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out well. 2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning. 3. grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little hope of his recovery. 4. a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope. 5. something that is hoped for. v.t. 6. to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence. 7. to believe, desire, or trust: I hope you will be happy. v.i. 8. to feel that something desired may happen: We hope for an early spring. 9. Archaic. to place trust; rely (usu. fol. by in). Idioms: hope against hope, to continue to hope when the situation appears bleak. [before 900; Middle English; Old English hopa, c. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch hope, Middle High German hoffe] hop′er, n. hop′ing•ly, adv.