A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

With all thy despite against the land of Israel. Ezek. xxv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

A despite done against the Most High. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

In despite, in defiance of another's power or inclination. --
In despite of, in defiance of; in spite of. See under Spite. “Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary.” W. Irving. --
In your despite, in defiance or contempt of you; in spite of you. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Notwithstanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. Rom. i. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pray for them which despitefully use you. Matt. v. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. Book of Wisdom ii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was to sinful man not despitous. Chaucer.

- De*spit"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

To where you taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hospital ship, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. --
Hospital Sunday, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta. [ 1913 Webster ]

Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of hospitality. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
Syn. -- hospitalise. [ PJC ]

2. (Law) An inn of court. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. “Inhospitable wastes.” Blair.

-- In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

I crave but four day's respite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. “Without more respite.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some pause and respite only I require. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. “To respite his day labor with repast.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spade; to dig. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To eject; to throw out; to belch. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. “He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.” Luke xviii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

It had been spitting with rain. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

To spit on or
To spit upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. “Spitting upon all antiquity.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball) A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction; -- also called spitter. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. The use of such a pitch is against the rules of professional baseball. [ Cant ] -- Spit baller. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]