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despond

/dɪˈspɒnd/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun1

(no longer used) Despondency.

verb1

•
To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
- October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.

forms

desponded · desponding · despondeth · desponds · despondest

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