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<h1>Despiteful</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spite"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Despite</er>, and cf. <er>Spiteful</er>.]</ety> <def>Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*spite"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*spite"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Haters of God, <b>despiteful</b>, proud, boasters. <i>Rom. i. 30.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Pray for them which <b>despitefully</b> use you. <i>Matt. v. 44.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let us examine him with <b>despitefulness</b> and fortune. <i>Book of Wisdom ii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Despiteous</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>Des*pit"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>despitous</ets>, OF. <ets>despiteus</ets>, fr. <ets>despit</ets>; affected in form by E. <ets>piteous</ets>. See <er>Despite</er>.]</ety> <def>Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Despiteous</i> reproaches."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Despiteously</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>Des*pit"e*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Despitefully.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Despitous</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spit"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Despiteous; very angry; cruel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was to sinful man not <b>despitous</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

- <wordforms><wf>De*spit"ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Despoil</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spoil"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Despoiled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Despoiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>despoiller</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82pouiller</ets>, L. <ets>despoliare</ets>, <ets>despoliatum</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>spoliare</ets> to strip, rob, <ets>spolium</ets> spoil, booty. Cf. <er>Spoil</er>, <er>Despoliation</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The clothed earth is then bare, <b>Despoiled</b> is the summer fair. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been <b>despoiled</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Despoiled</b> of innocence, of faith, of bliss. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.</syn>

<h1>Despoil</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spoil"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Spoil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wolsey.</i>

<h1>Despoiler</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>De*spoil"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who despoils.</def>