Smite , n. The act of
smiting; a blow.
Smite , v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
The heart
melteth, and the knees smite together.
Nah. ii. 10.
Smite (smīt), v. t. [imp. Smote
(smōt), rarely Smit (sm&ibreve;t); p. p. Smitten (sm&ibreve;t"t'n), rarely
Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (smīt"&ibreve;ng).]
[AS. smītan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smīta to smite, LG. smiten, D.
smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG.
smīzan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw.
smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr.
mēd 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.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matt. v. 39. And
David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and
smote the Philistine in his forehead.
1
Sam. xvii. 49. 2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together.
Ezek. xxi. 14.
Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall.
1 Sam. xix. 10. 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.
4.
To put to
rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor
of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
The flax and
the barly was smitten.
Ex.
ix. 31. 6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Let us not mistake God's
goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are
forsaken by him.
Wake. 7. To strike or
affect with passion, as love or fear.
The
charms that smite the simple heart.
Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
Pope. 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.
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