DESPONDING, participle present tense Losing courage to act, in consequence of loss of hope, or of deep calamity, or of difficulties deemed insurmountable; sinking into dejection; despairing, with depression of spirits; despairingly.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.