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Definition of Despaired
1. despair [v] - See also: despair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despaired
Literary usage of Despaired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1831)
"... whereby his life was greatly despaired of ; " but that, in v"ianc.^'.
the indictment for perjury, the indictment for the assault being introduced in ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"He despaired of making any permanent establishment in the empire, and sought only
to leave behind him a wasted desert, while he transported into Persia the ..."
3. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"Scene in the Lords—The Irish Raee despaired of—The Settlement of Johnville, New
Brunswick—We enter the Settlement—The First Mim and Woman—The Second Man and ..."
4. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"Bishop Meade is desperately ill to-day—his life despaired of. March Hth.—Our
beloved Bishop Meade is dead ! His spirit returned to the God who gave, ..."
5. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"It was opened with some solicitude; but I was really rejoiced to see her handwriting,
having almost despaired of reconciliation. ..."
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