transcription, транскрипция: [ spaɪt ]
n. & v. --n. 1 ill will, malice towards a person (did it from spite). 2 a grudge. --v.tr. thwart, mortify, annoy (does it to spite me). øin spite of notwithstanding. in spite of oneself etc. though one would rather have done otherwise. [ME f. OF despit DESPITE]