smite

Meanings

Verb

• To hit, to strike.
• To strike down or kill with godly force.
• To injure with divine power.
• To kill violently; to slay.
• To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
• To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
• To strike with love or infatuation.

Noun

• A heavy strike with a weapon, tool or the hand.

Origin

• From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete, West Frisian smite, Low German smieten, Dutch smijten, Middle Low German besmitten, German schmeißen, Danish smide, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽.