OVERHOPE

Etymology

Noun

overhope (uncountable)

Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.

(UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.

Verb

overhope (third-person singular simple present overhopes, present participle overhoping, simple past and past participle overhoped)

To hope excessively; presume.

(transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.

Source: Wiktionary



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