What is "spiting"

Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiting.]

1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.]

   The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion.
   --Fuller.

2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]

   Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language.
   --Sir. W. Temple.

vb. (present participle of spite English)