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overhope en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope.
1859, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The works of Francis Bacon: Volume 7:
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(UK, dialectal, uncountable) Hopefulness; sanguineness.
overhope en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.
Meanings
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To hope excessively; presume.
If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
1919, The Country gentleman, volume 84:I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding …
1992, David G. Moursund, International Society for Technology in Education, The technology coordinator
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(UK, dialectal, transitive) To hope constantly.
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