[OM] Re: [OT] Short translation?

[Chuck Norcutt]

I finally did what I should have done in the first place which was to go 
look up "despond" in my Webster's dictionary.  There its primary 
definition is an intransitive verb.

Chuck Norcutt


Chris Barker wrote:
> No, I've never heard "despond" as a verb.  It's archaic English and  
> it's a noun.
> 
> It is normally "despondency" now but it could have been an artistic  
> contraction.  If only I could remember the poetry or prose where I  
> read it.  It might have been a bit from "Paradise Lost".
> 
> Chris


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