Hopeful: alternatives and connections

Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

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Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

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Anticipating, or containing anticipation.

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Anticipating, or containing anticipation.

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Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

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Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

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Waiting in expectation; looking for

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Waiting in expectation; looking for

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One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

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He who, or that which, applies.

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of Encourage

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of Encourage

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Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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Aspiring.

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One who aspires.

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See Brite, v. i.

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of Promise

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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