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Spite \Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.]
1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the
disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice;
grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope.
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This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
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2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.
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{In spite of}, or {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts
of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
"Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had
been slightly injured." --H. Spenser. "And saved me in
spite of the world, the devil, and myself." --South. "In
spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every
day." --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}.

{To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him.
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Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.

Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the
disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in
words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than
malice, thought not always more criminal. " Malice . .
. is more frequently employed to express the
dispositions of inferior minds to execute every
purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of
their abilities." --Cogan. "Consider eke, that spite
availeth naught." --Wyatt. See {Pique}.
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Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spiting}.]
1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]
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The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of
religion. --Fuller.
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2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
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Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
W. Temple.
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