smite

[smite]

To smite is to strike with a heavy blow. If you’re playing an ancient Norse warrior in a play, you might get to smite your enemy with a club.

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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.

Verb
cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"

Verb
inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon

Verb
affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.

v. t.
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.

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

v. t.
To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.

v. t.
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

v. t.
To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.

v. i.
To strike; to collide; to beat.

n.
The act of smiting; a blow.

Smite

Smite , v. t. [imp. Smoth , rarely Smit ; p. p. Smitten , rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting .] [AS. sm'c6tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm'c6ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm'c6zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smiide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. md to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. Smut.] 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.

Profpesy, 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 barely 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.

Smith with the love of sister arts we came.

To smite off, to cut off. -- To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod,xxi.27. -- To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbarid; to revile. [Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.

Smite

Smite, v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]

The heart meleth, and the knees smite together.

Smite

Smite, n. The act of smiting; a blow.

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.

To strike; to collide; to beat.

The act of smiting; a blow.

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