sperate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speratus, past participle of sperare (“to hope”).

Adjective

sperate (comparative more sperate, superlative most sperate)

  1. hoped for
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Verb

sperate (third-person singular simple present sperates, present participle sperating, simple past and past participle sperated)

  1. (US, South Africa, dated) to hope

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Interlingua

Participle

sperate

  1. past participle of sperar

Italian

Verb

sperate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of sperare
  2. second-person plural imperative of sperare
  3. feminine plural of sperato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

spērāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of spērō
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