† deˈspiterObs. [f. despite v. + -er1: cf.OF.despiteur.] One who treats with contempt or contemptuously defies. 1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Divels 8 Pneumatomachus is as much to say, as a despiter of spirits.1640A. Harsnet God's Summ. 198 Despisers and Despighters of the Spirit of Grace.