Spiting

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

  Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spiting}.]
     1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]
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              The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of


              religion.                             --Fuller.
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     2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
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     3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
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              Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
              not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
                                                    W. Temple.
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