smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
have smitten
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present perfectof smite.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Tall, strong, fiercely indignant, he towered over the youth as if he could willingly have smitten him to the earth.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
Monsieur Estienne has taken upon himself the painful task of informing Odelin concerning the misfortunes that have smitten his family.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue
She laughed gaily and leaned back against the balcony's velvet rail: "You lose no time in declaring yourself, do you, Harlequin?—that is, if you are hinting that I have smitten you with the pretty passion."
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The worst is, a kind of paralysis seems to have smitten our home mails and general transport for close upon a fortnight.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I felt very serious; Love seemed to have smitten me, and under that banner, I earnestly hoped that I might be enabled to partake of whatever might be set before me in the banqueting house.
From The Annual Monitor for 1851 or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850 by Anonymous
