Despiting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Despite \De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare,
     intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.]
     To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W.
     Raleigh.
     [1913 Webster]