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esperance

[ es-per-uhns ]

noun

, Obsolete.


esperance

/ ˈɛspərəns /

noun

  1. archaic.
    hope or expectation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of esperance1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English esperaunce, from Middle French esperance, from Vulgar Latin spērantia (unattested), equivalent to Latin spērant- (stem of spērāns ) “hoping” (present participle of spērāre, derivative of spēs “hope”) + -ia -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of esperance1

C15: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sperantia (unattested), from Latin spērāre to hope, from spēs hope
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Example Sentences

D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.

The Esperance was not slow in answering back and her twelve guns spat like leopards in the brush.

The George is gone, but three days since the Esperance came in.

Listen while I tell thee of news that the Esperance brought.

It would have been all right but for this confounded uncertainty with regard to the Esperance.

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