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despite of

despite of preposition: in spite of; despite.

Preposition

despite of

  1. (archaic, nonstandard) in spite of; despite

Origin of despite of

By confusion of the two similar terms.

Questions about despite of

What does despite of mean?
Despite of means in spite of; despite.
What part of speech is despite of?
Despite of is a preposition.

Words near despite of in the dictionary

  1. despising
  2. despisingly
  3. despisingness
  4. despisings
  5. despite
  6. despite of
  7. despite oneself
  8. despite that
  9. despited
  10. despiteful
  11. despitefully

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Adapted from Wiktionary: despite of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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