desesperar

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to cause to despair, to deprive of hope
 * 2)  to despair
 * 3)  to despair, to lose hope
 * (43 BC–17 AD), Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses
 * Havent donat mort Ciparis al seu cérvol favorit, es desesperà i fou transformat en xiprer. («Cyparissus having killed his favorite deer, he fell into despair and transformed in a cypress tree.»)

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to despair to despair of

Etymology
From. Cf. also the old form.

Verb

 * 1)  to despair, exasperate
 * 2)  to despair be driven to despair