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Spite

n.
  1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
  2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
    3. In spite of, or Spite of ,
    in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.
    To owe one a spite ,
    to entertain a mean hatred for him.

v. t.
  1. To be angry at; to hate.
  2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
  3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.