smite
/smaɪt/ verb C2- To strike down or kill with godly force.
- To injure with divine power.
- To kill violently; to slay.
- To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- To strike with love or infatuation. · Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her.· I was really smitten by the color combination, and soon repainted the entire house.
He/she/it smites · Past smote · Past participle smitten · -ing form smiting
Verb forms
- Base form
- smite
- He/she/it
- smites
- Past
- smote
- Past participle
- smitten
- -ing form
- smiting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Very small and unhappy she looked, and Matthew’s heart smote him.
Anne had been smitten with delighted admiration when she first saw that brooch.
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