overhope

noun · verbB1

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noun

1.
(uncountable)Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
2.
(UK, dialectal, uncountable)(UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.

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verb

V_es/s

overhopes

V_ing/Gerund

overhoping

V_ed/pp

overhoped

1.
To hope excessively; presume.
I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding …
2.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.

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From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.