smitten
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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.
to affect mentally or morally with a sudden pang: His conscience smote him.
verb (used without object)
Idioms 8.
to strike; deal a blow.
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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smite (smaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by on) , smites, smiting, smote, smitten, smit | |
| 1. | to strike with a heavy blow or blows |
| 2. | to damage with or as if with blows |
| 3. | to afflict or affect severely: smitten with flu |
| 4. | to afflict in order to punish |
| 5. | to strike forcibly or abruptly: the sun smote down on him |
| [Old English smītan; related to Old High German smīzan to smear, Gothic bismeitan, Old Swedish smēta to daub] | |
| 'smiter | |
| —n | |
| smitten (ˈsmɪtən) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | a past participle of smite |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (postpositive) affected by love (for) |
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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
"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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Example sentences
Ray, who looks deliriously smitten, is supposed to keep the beat with each footstep.
It's easy to understand how the locals were smitten.
But the professor used to be a larger-than-life figure on whom the smitten student nurtured a quiet crush.
Until her pride's flag, smitten, cleaved down to the staff.
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