Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hoped"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hope \Hope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hoped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hoping}.] [AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hopp?, Dan.
haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd {Hope}.]
1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good,
or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it
or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually
followed by for. ``Hope for good success.'' --Jer. Taylor.

But I will hope continually. --Ps. lxxi.
14.

2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation
of good; -- usually followed by in. ``I hope in thy
word.'' --Ps. cxix. 81.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. --Ps. xlii.
11.


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