smite (smaɪt
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: smites, smiting, smote, smitten, smit
(mainly tr) mainly archaic - to strike with a heavy blow or blows
- to damage with or as if with blows
- to afflict or affect severely ⇒
smitten with flu
- to afflict in order to punish
- (intr) foll by on to strike forcibly or abruptly ⇒
the sun smote down on him
Alternative Forms
ˈsmiter nounWord Origin
Old English smītan; related to Old High German smīzan to smear, Gothic bismeitan, Old Swedish smēta to daubUsage examples
He is weary now, and grieved, and he has taken a hurt like the Lady owyn, daring to smite that deadly thing.
, THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)She is a cruel but fair mother: indulgent when praised for her beauty, quick to smite when her sensibilities have been offended.
Spiked (2002)Personally, I can't wait to see Woods smite his ball down the first fairway at Muirfield.
Sun, News of the World (2002)Lo, how the torrents smite their breasts with stones as on they go!
, JEM SULTAN: The Adventures of a Captive Turkish Prince in Renaissance Europe (2004)