DESPAIRS
Verb
despairs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair
Anagrams
• passerid, perissad, ride pass
Source: Wiktionary
DESPAIR
De*spair", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Despairing.] Etym: [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L.
desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to
spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf.
Prosper, Desperate.]
Definition: To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or
expectation; -- often with of.
We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.
Syn.
– See Despond.
De*spair", v. t.
1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.]
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
Milton.
2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.
De*spair", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]
1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken
with despair. Keble.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of
remorse and despair. Macaulay.
2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he
cures." Shak.
Syn.
– Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition