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a simple past tense of smite.
Example Sentences
- Take cover lest the flying debris smote you, mortally.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
2.
to deliver or deal (a blow, hit, etc.) by striking hard.
3.
to strike down, injure, or slay: His sword had smitten thousands.
4.
to afflict or attack with deadly or disastrous effect: smitten by polio.
5.
EXPANDto affect mentally or morally with a sudden pang: His conscience smote him.
6.
to affect suddenly and strongly with a specified feeling: They were smitten with terror.
7.
COLLAPSEto impress favorably; charm; enamor: He was smitten by her charms.
verb (used without object)
Idiom8.
to strike; deal a blow.
9.
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def. 9).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English smiten, Old English smītan; cognate with German schmeissen to throw, Dutch smijten
before 900; Middle English smiten, Old English smītan; cognate with German schmeissen to throw, Dutch smijten
Related forms
smit·er, noun
Synonyms
1. knock, cuff, buffet, slap.
1. knock, cuff, buffet, slap.
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Word Origin & History
smite
O.E. smitan "to hit, strike, beat" (strong verb, pt. smat, pp. smiten), from P.Gmc. *smitanan (cf. Swed. smita, Dan. smide "to smear, fling," O.Fris. smita, M.L.G., M.Du. smiten "to cast, fling," Du. smijten "to throw," O.H.G. smizan "to rub, strike," Ger. schmeißen "to cast, fling," Goth. bismeitan
EXPAND"to spread, smear"), perhaps from PIE base *(s)mei- "to smear, to rub," but original sense in Gmc. seems to be of throwing. Sense of "slay in combat" (c.1300) is originally Biblical, smite to death, first attested c.1200.
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