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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Smote (sm[=o]t), rarely
     Smit (sm[i^]t); p. p. Smitten (sm[i^]t"t'n), rarely
     Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting
     (sm[imac]t"[i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil,
     pollute; akin to OFries. sm[=i]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D.
     smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[=i]zan to smear, stroke, OSw.
     & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth.
     bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[=e]d 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.
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              And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it,
              and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam.
                                                    xvii. 49.
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     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.
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              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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Smite \Smite\, v. i.
     To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
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           The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. --Nah.
                                                    ii. 10.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Smite \Smite\, n.
     The act of smiting; a blow.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Smote (sm[=o]t), rarely
     Smit (sm[i^]t); p. p. Smitten (sm[i^]t"t'n), rarely
     Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting
     (sm[imac]t"[i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil,
     pollute; akin to OFries. sm[=i]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D.
     smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[=i]zan to smear, stroke, OSw.
     & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth.
     bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[=e]d 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Smite \Smite\, v. i.
     To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
  
           The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. --Nah.
                                                    ii. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Smite \Smite\, n.
     The act of smiting; a blow.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     Αγγλικά vb.
     χτυπώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to throw
     2 to fling

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     n.
     (lb en archaic rare) A heavy strike with a weapon, tool(,) or the
  hand.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic) To hit#Verb; to strike#Verb.
     2 To strike down or kill#Verb with godly force#Noun.
     3 To injure with divine power.
     4 To kill violently; to slay.
     5 To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
     6 To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to throw
     2 to fling

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to throw
     2 to fling

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     Englanti vb.
     1 iskeä, lyödä (jumalallisella voimalla)
     2 loukata jumalallisella voimalla

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  smite
     Engelska vb.
     slå

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Smite /smˈaɪt/
  إضرب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  smite //smaɪt// 
  1. блъскам, удрям
  to hit
  2. разбивам
  to put to rout in battle
  3. поразявам 2.
  to strike down or kill with godly force
   3.
  to strike with love or infatuation

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  smite /smˈaɪt/ 
  úder

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  smite /smˈaɪt/ 
  udeřit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  smite //smaɪt// 
  lyödä, iskeä
  to hit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  smite /smˈaɪt/ 
  1. मारना, प्रहार करना
        "He smote the ball into the grandstand. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  smite /smˈaɪt/
  nanijeti udar, pobijediti, poraziti, ubiti, uništiti

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  smite /smˈaɪt/
  1. (smote, smitten) vurmak, kuvvetle vurmak, darbe indirmek, çarpmak
  2. şamar atmak
  3. vurup öldürmek
  4. belâ kesilmek
  5. kuvvetle etkilemek
  6. rahatsız etmek, pişman etmek. smite off bir darbede kesmek. smite out bir darbede ortadan kaldırmak.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "smite":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vt.重击; 彻底击败

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 重击,打,击败,毁灭,侵袭,折磨
     vi. 重击,打
     n. 重击,打

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