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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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"Smitten" Quotes from Famous Books

... men evinced a more genuine or a more exalted piety. The bible was his text book—held sacred, as the word of the Eternal Father—sinless perfection—complete submission to insults and injuries—literal obedience to the injunction, if smitten on one side to turn the other also. Not only was Sunday a Sabbath, but all days were Sabbaths, and to be kept holy. All sectarism false and mischievous—the regenerated, throughout the world, members of one body, and ...

— My Bondage and My Freedom • Frederick Douglass

... exclaimed, grasping the hand that had smitten him. "My dear fellow! So glad to see you! How did you come to—oh, to be sure—the inaugural ceremonies—I remember you joined the Rough Riders. You must come and have luncheon ...

— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be moved into all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. The Lord will smite ...

— The Road to Damascus - A Trilogy • August Strindberg

... wedded itself to his habitual feelings, and at length gave birth to that stupendous power, by which he stands alone, with no equal or second in his own class; to that power which seated him on one of the two glory-smitten summits of the poetic mountain, with Milton as his compeer, not rival. While the former darts himself forth, and passes into all the forms of human character and passion, the one Proteus of the fire and the flood; the other attracts all forms and things to himself, ...

— English literary criticism • Various

... strive together, and there be no instrument of iron, let him that is smitten be avenged immediately, by inflicting the same punishment on him that smote him: but if when he is carried home he lie sick many days, and then die, let him that smote him not escape punishment; but if he that is smitten escape death, and yet be at great expense for his ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

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