Sekirov Dictionary

smite

/smaɪt/

verb 7
noun 1
forms 9
phrases 1

verb7

To strike down or kill with godly force.
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(figurative) To strike with love or infatuation.
- Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her.
- I was really smitten by the color combination, and soon repainted the entire house.
To injure with divine power.
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To kill violently; to slay.
- "She is sitting in the great hall even now to do justice upon those who would have smitten thee and the Lion." — 1886
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To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- Let us not mistake the goodness of God, nor imagine that because he smites us, therefore we are forsaken by him. — 1688
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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(no longer used) To hit; to strike.
- Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. — 1611

noun1

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(no longer used, rare) A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.
- Beale, who had not been driving very well, took a smite at his ball and sent it curving far away to the left into a mess of gorse of bramble bushes. — 2007

forms

smit · smited · smote · smotest · smitten · smiting · smites · smiteth · smitest

Phrases with smite

smite hip and thigh
To defeat overwhelmingly.

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