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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?
Origin of smart
First recorded before 1050; Middle English (verb) smerten, Old English -smeortan (only in the compound fyrsmeortende “painful like fire”), cognate with Old High German smerzan (German schmerzen ); (adjective) Middle English smerte, smart “quick, prompt, sharp,” originally, “biting, smarting,” late Old English smearte, akin to the verb; (adverb and noun) Middle English smerte, derivative of the adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for smart (1 of 2)
Derived forms of smart
smartish, adjectivesmartly, adverbsmartness, nounWord Origin for smart
Old English smeortan; related to Old High German smerzan, Latin mordēre to bite, Greek smerdnos terrible
British Dictionary definitions for smart (2 of 2)
Smart
/ (smɑːt) /
noun
Christopher. 1722–71, British poet, author of A Song to David (1763) and Jubilate Agno (written 1758–63, published 1939). He was confined (1756–63) for religious mania and died in a debtors' prison
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