DESPAIR, noun 1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation. We are perplexed, but not in despair 2 Corinthians 4:8. All safety in despair of safety placed. 2. That which causes despair; that of which there is no hope. The mere despair of surgery, he cures. 3. Loss of hope in the mercy of God. DESPAIR, verb intransitive [Latin To hope.] To be without hope; to hive up all hope or expectation; followed by of. We despaired even of life. 2 Corinthians 1:8. Never despair of Gods blessings here, or of his reward hereafter.
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