Definition of "despight" [despight]

• Obsolete spelling of despite. (noun)
• Obsolete spelling of despite. (preposition)

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• "I am constantly, not capriciously employed, and the exercise which benefits my health, imperceptibly raises my spirits in despight of adversity."
• "Major, though in her own despight, procured him the hand of Camilla; but she had left upon Edgar an impression renovating to all his esteem."
• "“Tasawwuf,” or Moslem Gnosticism, Pharaoh represents, like Prometheus and Job, the typical creature who upholds his own dignity and rights in presence and despight of the Creator."