‖ malˈgrado, prep. Obs.
[It. malgrado: see maugre and cf. next.]
In spite of. Also with of.
| 1590 Marlowe Edw. II, ii. v, Malgrado all your beards. 1590 Lodge Rosalind (1887) 166 To force Phoebe to fancy the shepherd, malgrado the resolution of her mind. 1590 Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) H, What I haue said, Ile pawne my sword, To seale it on the shield of him that dares Malgrado of his honour, combate me. |