释义 |
deˈspiting, vbl. n. [f. despite v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. despite; a doing despite to; entertaining a grudge.
a1529Skelton Poems agst. Garnesche iii. 114 Your dyrty endytyng, And your spyghtfull despyghtyng. 1529More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 198/1 It is not of worshipping, but dispityng and disworshipping of saintes. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 199 The despiting and discrediting of truth. |