DESPITE
\dɪspˈa͡ɪt], \dɪspˈaɪt], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of DESPITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
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An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
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To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
By Oddity Software
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Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
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An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
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To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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In spite of; notwithstanding. See Despise.
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Extreme malice; defiance with contempt; an act of malice or contempt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Violent hatred; extreme malice; defiance of opposition or difficulties, or in contempt of them.
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To tease; to offend; to vex.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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