Mauger

[O. Fr. maugré, N. Fr. malgré, Pr. malgrat, It. malgrado, Lat. male gratum, something not agreeable, used as an adverb and preposition, the preposition a, equivalent to Lat. ad, being suppressed.] In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding.

This, mauger all the world, will I keep safe. Shak.

Mauger all our regulations to prevent it, the simple name of “man,” applied properly, never fails to work a salutary effect. Burke.

v. t. To defy. [Obs. and rare.] Deeply fixed, To maugre all gusts and impending storms. Webster, 1654.