smite (sm t)v. smote (sm  t), smit·ten (sm t n) or smote, smit·ing, smites v.tr. 1. 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. 3. 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 hand-held weapon. [Middle English smiten, from Old English sm tan, to smear.]smit er n. |
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