Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Despite \De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare,
   intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.]
   To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W.
   Raleigh.