Syncope r => v.r
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
desperav.erit V 1 1 PERF ACTIVE SUB 3 S
desperav.erit V 1 1 FUTP ACTIVE IND 3 S
despero, desperare, desperavi, desperatus V (1st) [XXXBO]
despair (of); have no/give up hope (of/that); give up as hopeless (of cure);