Dictionary entry

Spite (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spite, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spited; p. pr. & vb. n.Spiting.] 1. To be angry at; to hate.

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.

Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. Sir. W. Temple.