smite

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

smites

V_ing/Gerund

smiting

V_ed/pp

smotesmited

1.
(archaic)To hit; to strike.
2.
To strike down or kill with godly force.
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.
7.
(figuratively)(figuratively, now only in passive) 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.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

smitessmight

1.
(archaic, rare)A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

forsmiteoffsmitesmitefulsmitersmite hip and thigh

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute), from *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (to sling; throw; smear), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (to smear, whisk, strike, rub).