Smitten

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [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[imac]tan to smite, to soil,
     pollute; akin to OFries. sm[imac]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D.
     smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[imac]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.
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              Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
              to him the other also.                --Matt. v. 39.
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              And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it,
              and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam.
                                                    xvii. 49.
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     2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or
        hurling.
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              Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --Ezek.
                                                    xxi. 14.
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              Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 Sam.
                                                    xix. 10.
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     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.
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     4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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     5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke
        or by some visitation.
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              The flax and the barly was smitten.   --Ex. ix. 31.
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     6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
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              Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine,
              because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
                                                    --Wake.
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     7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
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              The charms that smite the simple heart. --Pope.
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              Smit with the love of sister arts we came. --Pope.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smitten \Smit"ten\ (sm[i^]t"t'n),
     p. p. of {Smite}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smite
       v 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smitten
       adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
              "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: {stricken}, {struck}]
       2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy
          about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he
          was infatuated with her" [syn: {crazy}, {dotty}, {gaga}, {enamored},
           {infatuated}, {in love}, {soft on(p)}, {taken with(p)}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smitten
       See {smite}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "smitten":
     affected, afflicted, attached to, becharmed, beguiled, beset,
     bewitched, bothered, burdened, captivated, charmed, crazy about,
     crushed, devoted to, distressed, enamored, enamored of, enchanted,
     enraptured, enthralled, far gone on, fascinated, fond of, gaga,
     gone on, haunted, heartsmitten, hipped on, in love with, infatuate,
     infatuated, mad about, nuts about, partial to, plagued,
     smitten with, stricken, struck, struck with, stuck on, sweet on,
     taken with, troubled, vexed, wedded to, wild about, worried,
     wrapped up in