despair

Definitions

1. 1.Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.
2. 2.To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton.
3. 3.To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is despair.

• What is never despair of God's blessings here. Wake called?
• 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?
• What is to cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams called?
• What is that which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak called?