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exicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. Johnson.

t to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up. Ah, hopeless, lasting flames I like those that burn To light the dead. Pope. One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds. F. Harrison. The sun has set, a…

Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson.

mind , and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " Wyclif.

Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.

f a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.

r man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak.

sport. Chaucer. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. Ps. lii. 2. The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. Fuller.

Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden.

To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. Judg. xvi. 13. He will not ... Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. Milton.

far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.

mit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak. This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton.

being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers. I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Shak.

ation. Rom. iv. 25. I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offense to their memories. Dryden.

A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.

One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes hopeful views; -- opposed to pessimist.

Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.

reat with violence or excessive abuse. Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. Atterbury. This interview outrages all decency. Broome.

To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.] The hope of inheritance overacts them. Milton.

A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.