Smite

English

Verb

Smite (third-person singular simple present smites, present participle smiting, simple past smote or obsolete smit, past participle smitten)

1. (archaic) To hit.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs , The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     "Right you are!" I cried. "We must believe the other until we prove it false. We can't afford to give up heart now, when we need heart most. The branch was carried down by a river, and we are going to find that river." I smote my open palm with a clenched fist, to emphasize a determination unsupported by hope.

2. To strike down or kill with godly force.
3. To injure with divine power.

Thesaurus

affect, agonize, bang, bash, baste, bastinado, bat, beat, belabor, belt, biff, birch, bonk, buffet, cane, catch, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, clump, coldcock, come home to, cowhide, crack, crucify, cudgel, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, ding, drub, excruciate, fetch, fetch a blow, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, harrow, hit, hit a clip, hit the mark, horsewhip, impress, impress forcibly, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knout, lace, lash, lay on, let have it, make an impression, martyr, paste, pistol-whip, plunk, poke, pommel, pummel, punch, rawhide, rock, scourge, sink in, slam, slog, slosh, slug, smack, snap, soak, sock, spank, strap, strike, strike at, strike hard, strike home, stripe, swat, swinge, swipe, switch, tell, thrash, thump, thwack, torment, torture, traumatize, trounce, truncheon, try, wallop, whack, whale, wham, whip, whop, yerk

Pronunciation

• enPR: smīt, IPA: /smaɪt/, SAMPA: /smaIt/

  Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology

Old English smītan, cognates include German schmeißen, Danish smide and Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan).

Translations

to hit

Finnish: iskeä (fi), lyödä (fi) Galician: bater (gl), bourar (gl), golpear (gl), mallar (gl), pegar (gl), percutir (gl), petar (gl), sacudir (gl), zoscar (gl)

Hungarian: sújt (hu) Italian: colpire (it) Scottish Gaelic: buail (gd)

Anagrams

• emits, i-stem, items, Metis, Métis, mites, Times, times

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Old Frisian

Verb

Smite

1. To throw

Conjugation

Infinitive: Smite
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	smyt	wy	smite	ik	smiet	wy	smieten
2nd	do/dû	smytst	jimme	smite	do/dû	smietest	jimme	smieten
3rd	hy/sy	smyt	hja	smite	hy/sy	smiet	hja	smieten
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	smitende (smitendee)		smyt		hawwe		smiten