es·per·ance ( s p r-ns)n. Obsolete Hope. [Middle English esperaunce, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sp  rantia, from Latin spr ns, sprant-, present participle of sprre, to hope; see sp- in Indo-European roots.] |
esperance [ˈɛspərəns]
n
Archaic hope or expectation
[from Old French, from Vulgar Latin sperantia (unattested), from Latin spērāre to hope, from spēs hope]
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