smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
had smote
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past perfectof smite.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly it stopped, with ears pricked, as if some sound had smote them.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
The thump that accompanied his final word told Ty that his boss had smote himself dramatically over the heart as he delivered the climactic line.
From Reel Life Films by Sam Merwin
Gabriele felt as if the words had smote her on her face.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Adams immediately told them what happened, and desired them to hold the lanthorn to the face of the man on the ground, for he feared he had smote him fatally.
From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Henry Fielding
And verily the sour Frenchman looked as if I had smote him on the hip.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
