mishope
To fail to hope (in); hope amiss; lose hope; despair.
obsolete, transitive
This tree was defective in both, yielding nothing but an empty shade to the mishoping traveller.
Where it comes from
From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mishope (CC BY-SA 4.0).