| 单词 | spite of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspite of a. spite of: = 5e. (Cf. despite n. 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > in spite of maugre?c1335 maugre of (also to, with)c1400 amaugrec1449 non-obstantc1460 nongainstandingc1485 spite of1509 in spite ofc1540 malgrado1590 despite ofa1593 despite1602 in the spite of1632 non obstante1632 malgré1770 in despite1868 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xix. 96 Spyte of your enemyes, I shal me so spede, That in short tyme ye may rewarde my mede. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cvii. sig. G3 Death to me subscribes; Since spight of him Ile liue in this poore rime. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 18 For, spight of him, the weight of Business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 392 Her surprize, spite of her assumed airs of grandeur, was not to be concealed. 1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 168 Spite of reason, religion, and Jesus, the victory is, in this account, given to James. a1873 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains (1874) 366 That stamp of unity which it now possesses, spite of the occasional difference of style. < as lemmas |
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