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Smite v. t. (past smote, rarely smit; past part. smitten, rarely smit or smote; pres. part. smiting)

1.

To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." "And David... took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead."

2.

To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling. "Prophesy, and smite thine hands together." "Saul... smote the javelin into the wall."

3.

To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.

4.

To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

5.

To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. "The flax and the barly was smitten."

6.

To afflict; to chasten; to punish. "Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him."

7.

To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear. "The charms that smite the simple heart." "Smit with the love of sister arts we came."

To smite off, to cut off.

To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth.

To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. (Obs.)

Smite v. i. (past smote, rarely smit; past part. smitten, rarely smit or smote; pres. part. smiting) To strike; to collide; to beat. (Archaic) "The heart melteth, and the knees smite together."

noun

Smite n. The act of smiting; a blow.

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Etymology of 'Smite'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Long Night • Stanley Weyman

... and then, with her old sweet want of pity, did she smite me again. Through and through she smote the man as she had smitten the boy. Treacherously it was, within my own citadel, at the very moment of my coming. Gayly up the remembered path I went, under the flowering horse-chestnut, to the little house standing back from the street, only to ...

— The Boss of Little Arcady • Harry Leon Wilson

... about that time that Kynan began to sing some wonderful old Welsh war song, which rang above the clash of weapons and the cries of those who fought. It took hold of me, and I seemed to smite in time to its swinging cadence. Yet he came back ...

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... I sing: douce Jeemsy Todd, rushing from his loom, armed with a bed-post; Lisbeth Whamond, an avenging whirlwind; Neil Haggart, pausing in his thanks-offerings to smite and slay; the impious foe scudding up the bleeding Brae-head with Nemesis at their flashing heels; the minister holding it a nice question whether the carnage was not justified. Then came the two ...

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