Chaucer: Troilus

718. 2. In despair; desperate; without hope. "I, as who saith, all despeired ."- Gower , i. 281. falls into, or gives way to despair. dě-späir-er, s. [Eng. despair ; -er.] One who "He cheers the fearful, and commends the bold, And makes despairers hope for good succe ." Dryden: Annus Mirabilis, cclxii. *dě-späir-fül, a . [Eng. despair ; ful ( 1 ).] Full of despair; desperate, hopele . "Laying open in all her gestures the despairful affliotion."-Sydney: Arcadia , bk. v. *dě-späir-ing, pr . par . , a . & 8. [DESPAIR, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of giving up all hope; despair, desperation. de-späir-ing-lỹ, adv . [Eng. despairing; -ly.) pre ive of or indicating despair. In a despairing, hopele manner; in a manner ex "He speaks severely and despairingly of our society."Boyle: Works, i. 237. *dě-späir-ing-ne , s. [Eng. despairing; -ne .) The quality or state of being despairing, or in despair; hopele ne . *děs-păr-age (age as Ig), v . t. [DISPARAGE.] * děs-par-ple, dis-par-ple, dis-par-poile, *dyspar-ple, v. i. & t . [O. Fr. esparpeiller ; Ital. sparpagliare ; Sp. des parp ajar .] A. In trans.: To become scattered; to scatter. "As a flock of scheep departeth and desparpleth."- Maundeville , p. 4. B. Trans. To scatter. fruit of the imagination; the former therefore pescher and tapes chere from bei Lat. pedico - to always rests on some ground, the latter are some obstacle in way; pedica =a fetter; times ideal: despair lies mostly in reflection; des per at i on and despondency in the feelings; the former marks a state of vehement and impatient feeling, the latter that of fallen and mournful feel ing. Despair is often the forerunner of desperation and despondency, but it is not nece arily accom panied with effects so powerful: the strongest mind may have occasion to despair when circumstances warrant the sentiment; men of an impetuous char acter are apt to run into a state of desperation ; a weak mind full of morbid sensibility is most liable to fall into despondency. Despair interrupts or checks exertion; desperation impels to greater exertions; despondency unfits for exertion: when a physician despairs of making a cure, he lays aside the application of remedies: when a soldier sees nothing but death or disgrace before him he is driven to desperation, and redoubles his efforts." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) de-späir', *de-speire, *de-speyre, *de-spayre, *di-speire, *di-speyre, v . i . & t . [O. Fr. desperer ; Fr. désespérer ; O. Sp. desperar; Sp. desesperar, Ital. dis per are , from Lat. despero : de =away, from, and spero to hope; spes =hope.] into a state of despair; to give up all hope (followed A. In trans.: To be without hope: to be or fall by of before that of which one gives up hope). "In the mournful tone of a man who despaired of ever being reconciled to them."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. IMG:content-2268.png:[blocks in formation] A. Transitive : IMG:content-2269.png:[blocks in formation] *3. To deprive, to bereave. "Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand, Of life, of crown, of queen, at once despatched." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 5. 4. To put to death, to send out of the world. "Now, sirs, have you despatched this thing?" *5. To execute quickly, to perform out of hand. "These things I bid you do, get them despatched ." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, i. 5. 6. To send away: particularly used of me en- gers, me ages, ., and especially when haste is implied. "Persons of high rank were instantly despatched from Eng . , ch. x. Versailles to greet and escort him."--Macaulay: Hist 7. To make ready, to prepare, to expedite. "Despatch you with safest haste." *8. To satisfy, to send away satisfied. " Despatch us with all speed." IMG:content-2270.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2271.png:[blocks in formation] despatch děs-pătch', dis-pătch, s. [DESPATCH, v.] *1. The act of getting rid of; a doing or putting away. "What needed, then, that terrible dispatch of it into your pocket?"-Shakesp.: Lear , i. 2. 2. The act of sending out of the world; execution. 3. A hasty performance; expeditious, prompt execution. "You'd see, could you her inward motions watch, Feigning delay, she wishes for despatch ." 4. Speed, haste, expedition. Glanvill . "To whom the Spartan: These thy orders borne, Say shall I stay, or with despatch return?" Pope Homer's Iliad , x. 69, 70. *5. Management, conduct, or completion of a busine . "You shall put This night's great busine into my despatch ." Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 5. 6. A sending away in haste. *7. A decisive or final answer. "To-day we shall have our despatch ." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iv 1. 8. A me age or letter sent in haste or by special me enger, and containing matters of public concern or busine ; an official communication. "The testimony which Waldeck in his despatch bore to the gallant conduct of the islanders was read with delight by their countrymen."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. Happy despatch : [HARRI-KARRI.] despatch-box, s. A box or case in which important despatches are inclosed and locked up while pa ing between two persons,