Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOPE, v.i. [Sax. hopian; G. hoffen; D. hoopen, to hope, and to heap; Dan. haaber; Sw. hoppas.]

1. To cherish a desire of good, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope for good success. Taylor. Be sober and hope to the end. 1 Pet. i. Hope humbly then, with trembling pinions soar. Pope.
2. To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii.