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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On 25 Jul 2006, at 13:49, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> "despond" is a verb so the word here should be "despondency".
> Colloquially, it might not work with a lot of Americans. Except those
> from the south (like Walt) where slough/slew/slue is a fairly common
> word, probably half wouldn't know the meaning of "slough" and a
> quarter
> probably wouldn't know the meaning of "despondency".
>
> "In the swamp/dregs/gutter of depression" might be understood by 80 or
> 90 percent. Of course, OM'ers, being generally smarter and more
> literate, would have no problem with any rendition. :-)
>
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