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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DESPITE, v. To despise; “To be filled with indignation, at seeing another do any thing improper, or esteemed such” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Nai. 1987 David Thomson Nairn in Darkness and Light (1988) 242:
Do ye despite him yet?
I despite myself.
Did he doossil you?
What?
Thump you?
No. I put water in the milk.