† spightv.

Etymology: probably < an infinitive *spicchen, = German dialect spicken to prick, push.

Obsolete.

transitive. Only as past tense and past participle: instigated, urged, stirred up.

ΘΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > incited or instigated

spighta1387

cited1538

incitate1568

quickened1589

fomented1613

enact1843

spurred1868

irritated1875

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 7 By þe worþynesse and ensaumple of so worþy writeris i-spiȝt and i-egged [L. provocatus].

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 429 Robert..made [v.r. spiȝte; L. excitavit] meny Walsche men to rise aȝenst þe kyng.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spight
释义	† spightv. Etymology: probably < an infinitive spicchen, = German dialect spicken* to prick, push. Obsolete. transitive. Only as past tense and past participle: instigated, urged, stirred up. ΘΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > incited or instigated spighta1387 cited1538 incitate1568 quickened1589 fomented1613 enact1843 spurred1868 irritated1875 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 7 By þe worþynesse and ensaumple of so worþy writeris i-spiȝt and i-egged [L. provocatus]. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 429 Robert..made [v.r. spiȝte; L. excitavit] meny Walsche men to rise aȝenst þe kyng. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1387
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