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What does despaired mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of despair
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And she despaired of ever living up to his most urgent request: that she share her innermost feelings with him.
On Monday, members of the town council recreation and amenities committee despaired over the number of owners who continue to let their dogs foul public places.
That news will come as a relief to those who despaired as he took an age standing over the ball waggling the club before putting it into action!
She despaired at the thought of finding the several thousand dollars per year to pay for fees.
Whoever despaired of the world, he, at least, kept the lamp of hope burning brightly in his soul.
Darkly pessimistic towards the end, he despaired of ever liberating art from the art world.

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