Dictionary
de•spair
Pronunciation: (di-spâr'), [key]—
n.
1. loss of hope; hopelessness.
2. someone or something that causes hopelessness:
He is the despair of his mother.
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v.i.
to lose, give up, or be without hope (often fol. by
of):
to despair of humanity.
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v.t.
Obs.to give up hope of.
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