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horace
  • n  Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
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horace greeley
  • n  United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
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horace mann
  • n  United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
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horace walpole
  • n  English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
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hope
  • n  a specific instance of feeling hopeful
    it revived their hope of winning the pennant
  • n  the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
    in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
  • n  grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
  • n  someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
    he was their best hope for a victory
  • n  United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
  • n  one of the three Christian virtues
  • v  expect and wish
    I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
  • v  be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
  • v  intend with some possibility of fulfilment
    I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
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hope chest
  • n  chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage
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hopefulness
  • n  full of hope
  • n  the feeling you have when you have hope
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hopelessness
  • n  the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
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hoper
  • n  a person who hopes
    only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now
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hopi
  • n  a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
  • n  the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
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hopkins
  • n  United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
  • n  United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
  • n  English poet (1844-1889)
  • n  English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
  • n  Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
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hopkinson
  • n  American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791)
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hopper
  • n  funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
  • n  someone who hops
    at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children
  • n  a machine used for picking hops
  • n  terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
  • n  (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
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