This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.
2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.
{In spite of}, or {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts
of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
``Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had
been slightly ibnjured.'' --H. Spenser. ``And saved me in
spite of the world, the devil, and myself.'' --South. ``In
spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every
day.'' --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}.
{To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him.
Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.
Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the
disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in
words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than
malice, thought not always more criminal. `` Malice .
. . is more frequently employed to express the
dispositions of inferior minds to execute every
purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of
their abilities.'' --Cogan. ``Consider eke, that spite
availeth naught.'' --Wyatt. See {Pique}.
The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of
religion. --Fuller.
2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
W. Temple.