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| smite [ smīt ] (past smote [ smōt ], past participle smit·ten [ smítt'n ] or smote [ smōt ], present participle smit·ing, 3rd person present singular smites) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb hit somebody or something hard: to hit somebody or something with a hard blow
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2. transitive verb affect or afflict somebody: to affect somebody strongly or disastrously, or afflict somebody with something
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3. transitive verb fill somebody with love: to fill somebody with love or longing
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literary
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| [ Old English smītan "smear, pollute" < Germanic] |
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 smit·er noun |
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