overhope

1. uncountableExcessive hope or anticipation; presumption.

   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.

   1859, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The works of Francis Bacon: Volume 7

2. UKdialectaluncountableHopefulness; sanguineness.

present singular third person overhopes · participle present overhoping · participle past overhoped · past overhoped

1. To hope excessively; presume.

   If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.

   1919, The Country gentleman, volume 84

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   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 …

   1992, David G. Moursund, International Society for Technology in Education, The technology coordinator

2. UKdialectaltransitiveTo hope constantly.