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smit⋅ten

  [smit-n]
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–adjective
1. struck, as with a hard blow.
2. grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted.
3. very much in love.
–verb
4. a pp. of smite.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see smite, -en 3

smite

  [smahyt] verb, smote or (Obsolete) smit; smit⋅ten or smit; smit⋅ing.
–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. to 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. to impress favorably; charm; enamor: He was smitten by her charms.
–verb (used without object)
8. to strike; deal a blow.
—Idiom
9. smite hip and thigh. hip 1 (def. 9).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME smiten, OE smītan; c. G schmeissen to throw, D smijten

Related forms:
smiter, noun

Synonyms:
1. knock, cuff, buffet, slap.
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smite   (smīt)   
v.   smote (smōt), smit·ten (smĭt'n) or smote, smit·ing, smites

v.   tr.
    1. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
    2. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.
    3. To afflict: The population was smitten by the plague.
    4. To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
  2. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.
    1. To afflict: The population was smitten by the plague.
    2. To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
  4. To affect sharply with great feeling: He was smitten by deep remorse.
v.   intr.
To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a hand-held weapon.

[Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, to smear.]
smit'er n.
smit·ten   (smĭt'n)   
v.  A past participle of smite.
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Smitten

Smit"ten\ (sm[i^]t"t'n), p. p. of Smite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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