Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Despited"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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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