What is to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton called?
despair — To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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