v. t. [ imp. Bespit; p. p. Bespit, Bespitten p. pr. & vb. n. Bespitting. ] To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Cespitose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caespes, caespitis, a turf. ] An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caespiticius, fr. caespes turf. ] Same as Cespitious. [ R. ] Gough. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caespes turf. ] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [ Written also cæspitose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Cespitose. ] Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ OF. despit, F. dépit, fr. L. despectus contempt, fr. despicere. See Despise, and cf. Spite, Despect. ] 1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. [ 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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.

Syn. -- See Notwithstanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Despite, and cf. Spiteful. ] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- De*spite"ful*ly, adv. -- De*spite"ful*ness, n. [ 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 ]

a. [ OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite. ] Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [ Obs. ] “Despiteous reproaches.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Despitefully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was to sinful man not despitous. Chaucer.

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

a. [ Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous. ] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord. ] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak. [ 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 ]

n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hospitable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See Hospice. ] Hospitality. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. hospital, ospital, F. hôpital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See Host a landlord, and cf. Hostel, Hotel, Spital. ] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 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 ]

a. [ L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital. ] Hospitable. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also hospitaller. ] [ F. hospitalier. See Hospital, and cf. Hostler. ] 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers. [ 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 ]

n. A form of medical insurance that pays for all or part of the fees for a person's residence and treatment in a hospital. [ PJC ]

v. t. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, for observation, or for rest. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- hospitalize. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hospitalities [ L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité. ] The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. [ 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 ]

n. medical care in a hospital; also, the period during which one receives care in a hospital.
Syn. -- hospital care. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. [ L. hospitatus, p. p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest. ] To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [ Obs. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Hospice. ] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis. ] [ 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 ]

n. [ L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In- not, and Hospitality. ] The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect. ] 1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. [ 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting. ] [ OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n. ] To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to 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 ]

a. Without respite. Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. √170. ] 1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting. [ 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting. ] [ From Spit, n.; cf. Speet. ] 1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. “Infants spitted upon pikes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting. ] [ AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta, Icel. sp&unr_;ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp&unr_;tte, from sp&unr_;tan to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n. ] 1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. “Thus spit I out my venom.” Chaucer. [ 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 ]

n. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To throw out saliva from the mouth. [ 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 ]

n. [ Abbreviated from hospital. ] [ Written also spittle. ] A hospital. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hospital. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile; -- a childish prank. [ 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 ]

n. A vessel to receive spittle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st spit + cock. ] (Cookery) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) An eel split and broiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Cookery) Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels. [ 1913 Webster ]