\Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.]
1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the
   disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice;
   grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope.

         This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak.

2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak.

{In spite of}, or {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts
   of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
   ``Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had
   been slightly ibnjured.'' --H. Spenser. ``And saved me in
   spite of the world, the devil, and myself.'' --South. ``In
   spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every
   day.'' --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}.

{To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him.

Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge.

Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the
       disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in
       words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than
       malice, thought not always more criminal. `` Malice .
       . . is more frequently employed to express the
       dispositions of inferior minds to execute every
       purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of
       their abilities.'' --Cogan. ``Consider eke, that spite
       availeth naught.'' --Wyatt. See {Pique}.

\Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spiting}.]
1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]

         The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of
         religion.                             --Fuller.

2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]

         Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish
         not only their learning, but their language. --Sir.
                                               W. Temple.