overhope

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- +‎ hope. === Noun === overhope (uncountable) Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption. (UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness. === Verb === overhope (third-person singular simple present overhopes, present participle overhoping, simple past and past participle overhoped) To hope excessively; presume. 1992, David G. Moursund, International Society for Technology in Education, The technology coordinator: I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding [...] (transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly. === See also === underhope