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# smitten

adjective (no comparison); past participle of smite

«smitten» 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) Smitten means hit hard or struck down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smitten/#m1)
2. Smitten with means suddenly and strongly in love with someone, or very keen on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smitten/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a man who is struck by love for a girl; also the past form of smite.

### Examples

- He was smitten with Charlotte from the first day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smitten/#x1)
- Each man was smitten down in the battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smitten/#x2)
- She is smitten with her new puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smitten/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in tales, a man who is struck by love for a girl; also the past form of smite.

### Examples

- And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x1)
- But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x2)
- Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. (Torah NUM.14.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x3)
- So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. (Prophets JDG.20.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x4)
- Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? (Prophets ISA.27.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x5)
- Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? (Prophets JER.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smitten/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Hit hard or struck down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smitten/#m1)

### Then and now

Today smitten also means fond of or attracted to someone, which the Andersen sentence uses. The Torah sentences use the old sense of struck down.

### Examples

- And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smitten/#x1)
- "At that time he was quite smitten with Charlotte. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smitten/#x2)
- But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smitten/#x3)

### Note

Today: struck.

## On Mova

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