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# smote

verb, past tense of smite

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

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

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

### Then and now

Old past form of smite; today we say struck or hit. The sentences use the old sense, including striking down with a plague or defeat.

### Examples

- And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. (Torah EXO.32.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smote/#x1)
- The Beetle smote upon the drum. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smote/#x2)
- the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.' (Torah NUM.32.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smote/#x3)

### Note

Today: struck.

## On Mova

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