[Obs.]
Despite
(De*spite") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despited; p. pr. & vb. n. Despiting.] [OF. despitier, fr. L.
despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Despite
(De*spite"), prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
Syn. — See Notwithstanding.
Despiteful
(De*spite"ful) a. [See Despite, and cf. Spiteful.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous
hate; malicious. — De*spite"ful*ly, adv. — De*spite"ful*ness, n.
Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters.
Rom. i. 30.
Pray for them which despitefully use you.
Matt. v. 44.
Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune.
Book of Wisdom ii. 19. Despiteous
(Des*pit"e*ous) a. [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous.
See Despite.] Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] "Despiteous
reproaches." Holland.
Despiteously
(Des*pit"e*ous*ly), adv. Despitefully. [Obs.]
Despitous
(De*spit"ous) a. Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.]
He was to sinful man not despitous.
Chaucer. -
De*spit"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Despoil
(De*spoil") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F.
dépouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil,
Despoliation.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; — usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair.
Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled.
Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
Milton.
