maugre noun, preposition, & adverb. ['mɔ:gǝ] ME.
[Old & mod. French maugré (mod. malgré preposition), from mal from Latin malum bad, evil + gré pleasure from Latin gratum use as noun of neut. of gratus pleasing.]
A. noun.
1. Ill will, displeasure, spite. ME-M16.

2. The state of being regarded with ill will; an instance of this. ME-M16.

3. in maugre of, in the maugre of, in spite of, notwithstanding the power of. Long rare or obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
b. preposition. In spite of, notwithstanding the power of. arch. ME.
■ Hugh Miller I continued my rounds, maugre the suspicion.
C. adverb. Notwithstanding. LME-E17.

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