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   Smit , rare imp. & p. p. of Smite.
   Spenser.
   
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   Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene.
   Cowper.
   
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   Smit, obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Smite , v. t. [imp. Smote , rarely Smit ; p. p. Smitten , rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting .] [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.]
   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.
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   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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   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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   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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   To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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   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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   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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   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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