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单词 for or in spite
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for (also †of) or in spite
b. In the phrases for (also †of) or in spite.
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a1400–50 Alexander 745 Quen he had spokin so, for spyte he spittis in his face.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 270 I myght noghte speke for spytte, so my herte trymblyde!
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Salisbury xxiii To take his towne of Yvery, which of spight Did to vs dayly al the harme they might.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiii. 64 [They] hangit vp for spyte twa theuis besyde him.
1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 75 The Root was longer until the D—l (as the Fryars say) bit away the rest for spight envying its usefulness unto mankinde.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 16 Still so perverse and opposite, As if they worshipp'd God for spight.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vi. 194 Anything to quarrel with one! anything for spite!
(b)1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue 30 Why should they saye to vs in spighte, Where is their God?1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 207 Some in disdaine and spite termed grace drunkennesse.1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra i. 5 Julian the Apostate once did [encourage the Jews] in spight to the Christians, but it came to nothing.1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 161 Arlet the Skinners Daughter, of whom Duke Robert begat William the Conqueror; in spight to whom, and disgrace to his Mother, the English call Whores, Harlots.1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 35 And half in love, half spite, he..wed A labourer's daughter.
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