smite

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smite

(smīt)

v. smote (smōt), smit·ten (smĭt′n) or smote, smit·ing, smites

v.tr.

a. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.

b. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.

2. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.

a. To afflict: The population was smitten by the plague.

b. To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.

4. To affect sharply with great feeling: He was smitten by deep remorse.

v.intr.

To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.

[Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, to smear.]

smit′er n.

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smite

(smaɪt)

vb (mainly tr) , smites, smiting, smote, smitten or 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. (foll by: on) 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]

ˈsmiter n

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smite

(smaɪt)

v. smote, smit•ten or smit (smɪt) or smote, smit•ing. v.t.

1. to strike or hit hard, with or as if with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.

2. to deliver or deal (a blow) by striking hard.

3. to strike down, injure, or slay.

4. to afflict or attack with deadly or disastrous effect: smitten by polio.

5. to affect mentally, morally, or emotionally with a strong and sudden feeling: They were smitten with terror.

6. to impress favorably; enamor: He was smitten by her charms.

v.i.

7. to strike; deal a blow.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English smītan to smear, defile, c. Old Frisian smīta, Old High German smīzan, Gothic -smeitan]

smit′er, n.

smite

Past participle: smote
Gerund: smiting

Imperative
smite
smite

Present
I smite
you smite
he/she/it smites
we smite
you smite
they smite

Preterite
I smote
you smote
he/she/it smote
we smote
you smote
they smote

Present Continuous
I am smiting
you are smiting
he/she/it is smiting
we are smiting
you are smiting
they are smiting

Present Perfect
I have smote
you have smote
he/she/it has smote
we have smote
you have smote
they have smote

Past Continuous
I was smiting
you were smiting
he/she/it was smiting
we were smiting
you were smiting
they were smiting

Past Perfect
I had smote
you had smote
he/she/it had smote
we had smote
you had smote
they had smote

Future
I will smite
you will smite
he/she/it will smite
we will smite
you will smite
they will smite

Future Perfect
I will have smote
you will have smote
he/she/it will have smote
we will have smote
you will have smote
they will have smote

Future Continuous
I will be smiting
you will be smiting
he/she/it will be smiting
we will be smiting
you will be smiting
they will be smiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smiting
you have been smiting
he/she/it has been smiting
we have been smiting
you have been smiting
they have been smiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smiting
you will have been smiting
he/she/it will have been smiting
we will have been smiting
you will have been smiting
they will have been smiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smiting
you had been smiting
he/she/it had been smiting
we had been smiting
you had been smiting
they had been smiting

Conditional
I would smite
you would smite
he/she/it would smite
we would smite
you would smite
they would smite

Past Conditional
I would have smote
you would have smote
he/she/it would have smote
we would have smote
you would have smote
they would have smote

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Verb	1.	smite - inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	2.	smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
	3.	smite - cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" afflict damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" visit - assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" blight, plague - cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

smite

verb

1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

2. To bring great harm or suffering to:

afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, strike, torment, torture.

Translations

colpire percuotere

smite

[smaɪt] (smote (pt) (smitten (pp))) VT (archaic, liter) (= strike) → golpear; (= punish) → castigar
my conscience smote me → me remordió la conciencia
see also smitten

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

smite

pret <smote>, ptp <smitten>

vt (old, liter) → schlagen; he smote off his head → er schlug or hieb (old, liter) → ihm den Kopf ab; the sound of gunfire smote our ears → der Lärm von Schüssen schlug an unsere Ohren; and the Lord shall smite them down → und der Herr wird sie zerschmettern

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smite

[smaɪt] (smote (pt) (smitten (pp))) vt (old) (strike) → colpire; (punish) → punire

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Thrice did Robin smite the scarlet man--with such blows that a less stout fellow must have bowled over.

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"Now," thought the Sheriff, "could I but persuade Robin nigh to Nottingham Town so that I could find him, I warrant I would lay hands upon him so stoutly that he would never get away again." Then of a sudden it came to him like a flash that were he to proclaim a great shooting match and offer some grand prize, Robin Hood might be overpersuaded by his spirit to come to the butts; and it was this thought which caused him to cry "Aha!" and smite his palm upon his thigh.

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Wizards have dared to smite blood upon the gateways of the king.

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Hippolochus fled, but him too did Agamemnon smite; he cut off his hands and his head--which he sent rolling in among the crowd as though it were a ball.

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In instances where the lightning has actually struck the vessel, so as to smite down some of the spars and rigging, the effect upon the needle has at times been still more fatal; all its loadstone virtue being annihilated, so that the before magnetic steel was of no more use than an old wife's knitting needle.