despite
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈspaɪt/]
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Senses
1. despite (prep) — sense 1
Definition: In spite of, notwithstanding.
Example: Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.
2. despite (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
Example: A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
3. despite (noun) — sense 3
Definition: Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
Example: he aſked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the deſpyte that he had done
Doo your beſt ſaid Arthur I am right wroth ſaid Balen I wold he were quyte of the deſpyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
4. despite (noun) — sense 4
Definition: Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
Example: How often am I obliged to speak mal à propos, because my features are not sufficiently charming in a state of repose!—how often is my ingenuity racked to find a word, when a look would have been far better! I am compelled to be amusing, in my own despite.
Structure of the word
Roots:- speḱ (Proto-Indo-European)
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