SPITE
\spˈa͡ɪt], \spˈaɪt], \s_p_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of SPITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
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To be angry at; to hate.
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To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
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Ill will or hatred toward another, with the desire to irritate, annoy, or injure; petty malice; grudge: in spite of, or spite of, formerly, in contempt of; now, notwithstanding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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