smite
smite [smite smites smote smiting smitten] BrE [smaɪt] NAmE [smaɪt] verb (smoteBrE [sməʊt] ; NAmE [smoʊt] , smit·tenBrE [ˈsmɪtn] ; NAmE [ˈsmɪtn] )(old use or literary) 1. ~ sb/sth to hit sb/sth hard; to attack or punish sb 2. ~ sb to have a great effect on sb, especially an unpleasant or serious one •Suddenly my conscience smote me. see also ↑smitten Verb forms: Word Origin: Old English smītan ‘to smear, blemish’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smijten and German schmeissen ‘to fling’.
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