smiting

Meanings

Verb

  • Present participle of smite

Noun

  • The act of one who smites.

Origin

  • From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną, equivalent to smite + -ing.
  • From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite + -ing.

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