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# smite

verb (smite, smites, smote, smitten, smiting) (old use)

«smite» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) To smite is to hit hard with a blow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#m1)
2. (old use) To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero uses a sword to smite a troll or a wicked beast.

### Examples

- Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x1)
- The knight smote the dragon with his sword. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x2)
- Shame on you for trying to smite my friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in fairy tales, a hero uses a sword to smite a troll or a wicked beast.

### Examples

- 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; (Torah NUM.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x1)
- The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. (Torah DEU.28.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x2)
- And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. (Torah EXO.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x3)
- Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel. (Prophets 2KI.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x4)
- The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Writings PSA.121.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x5)
- And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him. (Writings PSA.89.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

To hit hard, or to strike down and destroy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#m1)

### Then and now

Old word; today we say hit or strike. The sentences use the old sense of hitting or striking down, sometimes killing.

### Examples

- 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; (Torah NUM.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x1)
- Then the King’s daughter said: ‘Shame on you thus to smite the beloved of my heart. (The Red Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x2)
- Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. (Torah DEU.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x3)

### Note

Today: strike.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «smite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smite.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «smite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/smite.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «smite» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smite» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/smite.html) on Mova free.