Overhope

Origin

From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to - + hope.

Full definition of overhope

Noun

1. Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
• 1859, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The works of Francis Bacon: Volume 7:If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope.
2. (UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hope excessively; presume.
• 1919, The Country gentleman: Volume 84:If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
• 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 ...
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.