Found 6 hits - Term: smit, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smit \smit\, rare
imp. p. p. of smite. --spenser.
1913 webster
smit with the beauty of so fair a scene. --cowper.
1913 webster
see also:
smite
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smit \smit\, obs.
3d. pers. sing. pres. of smite. --chaucer.
1913 webster
see also:
smite
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smite \smite\ smimact, v. t. imp. smote sm=ot, rarely
smit smi^t; p. p. smitten smi^t"t'n, rarely
smit, or smote; p. pr. vb. n. smiting
smimact"i^ng. as. smimactan to smite, to soil,
pollute; akin to ofries. smimacta to smite, lg. smiten, d.
smijten, g. schmeissen, ohg. smimaczan to smear, stroke,
osw. dial. sw. smita to smite, dan. smide to throw, goth.
bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. skr. m=ed to be fat. the
original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. cf.
smut.
1. to strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with
any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown
by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod,
sword, spear, or stone.
1913 webster
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
to him the other also. --matt. v. 39.
1913 webster
and david . . . took thence a stone, and slang it,
and smote the philistine in his forehead. --1 sam.
xvii. 49.
1913 webster
2. to cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or
hurling.
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prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --ezek.
xxi. 14.
1913 webster
saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 sam.
xix. 10.
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3. to destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any
kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with
the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
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4. to put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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5. to blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke
or by some visitation.
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the flax and the barly was smitten. --ex. ix. 31.
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6. to afflict; to chasten; to punish.
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let us not mistake god's goodness, nor imagine,
because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
--wake.
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7. to strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
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the charms that smite the simple heart. --pope.
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smit with the love of sister arts we came. --pope.
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to smite off, to cut off.
to smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. --exod. xxi. 27.
to smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to
revile. obs. --jer. xviii. 18.
1913 webster
see also:
smote smit smitten smiting smut to smite off
to smite out to smite with the tongue
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smite
v 1: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
2: affect suddenly with deep feeling; "he was smitten with love
for this young girl"
3: cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "that
debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used
in advertisement" syn: afflict
also: smote, smitten, smit
see also:
afflict smote smitten smit
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smit
see smite
see also:
smite
- [6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
smit
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