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smite
(smīt)v.smote(smōt), smit·ten(smĭt′n) or smote, smit·ing, smites
Smite sb hip and thigh v expr verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb-for example, 'put their heads together,' 'come to an end.' US, figurative, literary (attack relentlessly). Smite definition is - to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or an implement held in the hand. How to use smite in a sentence. Smite comes from an Old English word meaning “to smear or defile,” and the meanings of the word continued to have negative connotations as the word moved from Old English to Middle English and on.
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.
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To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.
[Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, to smear.]
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smite (someone or something) with (something)
1. To strike or inflict a heavy blow on someone or something with something. Chiefly found in fantasy literature. The dragon smote the mighty castle with blasts of white-hot fire from its mouth.The farmer set about smiting the vagrant with the handle of a broom after he was caught stealing crops.
2. To afflict someone or something with some physical, mental, or emotional condition. Almost exclusively used in passive constructions, except in biblical writings. The entire office has become smitten with the 'flu.God smote the land of Egypt with ten plagues.
3. To make a very favorable impression on someone; to enamor someone. Almost exclusively used in passive constructions. The whole of the assembly was positively smitten with the precocious young child who had dazzled them with such a marvelous display of skill and wit.Mary has always been smitten with you, John. Please try to talk some sense into her.
smite someone with something
to strike someone with something. (Literary or biblical.) The silver knight approached the black knight and smote him with his sword. Please go and smite the dragon with your sword.
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