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Spiting
(gcide) | 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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Despiting
(gcide) | 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.
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Respiting
(gcide) | Respite \Res"pite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Respiting.] [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See
Respite, n.]
To give or grant a respite to. Specifically:
(a) To delay or postpone; to put off.
(b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
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Forty days longer we do respite you. --Shak.
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(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite
his day labor with repast." --Milton.
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