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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Smote} (sm[=o]t), rarely {Smit} (sm[i^]t); p. p. {Smitten} (sm[i^]t"t'n), rarely {Smit}, or {Smote}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiting} (sm[imac]t"[i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm[=i]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[=i]zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[=e]d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. {Smut}.]
1. 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.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39.
And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam. xvii. 49.
2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --Ezek. xxi. 14.
Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 Sam. xix. 10.
3. 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.
4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
The flax and the barly was smitten. --Ex. ix. 31.
6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. --Wake.
7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
The charms that smite the simple heart. --Pope.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came. --Pope.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smite \Smite\, verb (used without an object) To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together. --Nah. ii. 10.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smite \Smite\, noun The act of smiting; a blow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smite
verb
1: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
2: affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
3: cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement" [syn: {afflict}] [also: {smote}, {smitten}, {smit}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "smite": affect, agonize, bang, bash, baste, bastinado, bat, beat, belabor, belt, biff, birch, bonk, buffet, cane, catch, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, clump, coldcock, come home to, cowhide, crack, crucify, cudgel, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, ding, drub, excruciate, fetch, fetch a blow, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, harrow, hit, hit a clip, hit the mark, horsewhip, impress, impress forcibly, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knout, lace, lash, lay on, let have it, make an impression, martyr, paste, pistol-whip, plunk, poke, pommel, pummel, punch, rawhide, rock, scourge, sink in, slam, slog, slosh, slug, smack, snap, soak, sock, spank, strap, strike, strike at, strike hard, strike home, stripe, swat, swinge, swipe, switch, tell, thrash, thump, thwack, torment, torture, traumatize, trounce, truncheon, try, wallop, whack, whale, wham, whip, whop, yerk
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