To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
To wish.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
The virtuous desire for future good.
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
The actual thing wished for.
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.