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verb

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."

Smitten v. P. p. of Smite.

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Etymology of 'Smitten'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and there, and knows how to disguise himself. But he fell downstairs this morning and broke his thigh in two places. If anything could make me religious, that would! If I were not a nationalist, I would say 'Glory to God, and blessed be His Prophet, who has smitten him whom ...

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— In the South Seas • Robert Louis Stevenson

... about it—that it's better for them not to live at all than to suffer some of the things that life, even birth itself, can wither them with. But there never yet was any living creature, no matter how smeared and smitten, that told the truth when he said he wished he'd never been born, while we, the countless millions of the lost, pound and shriek for life—forever shriek and hope! That's the worst anguish of the lost—they hope! I've shown what can be done through that anguish, as it's never ...

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... Englishman, body and soul, sir and although I have, in defence of my profession, been occasionally necessitated to choose between capture and resistance, I can most conscientiously say, that every shot I have fired against my own countrymen has smitten me to the heart;" (and this assertion was true, although we have no time to analyse McElvina's feelings at present). "I am not bound by honour, nor have I the least inclination, to conceal any information I may have obtained, when in the French ports. I went ...

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