6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. Wake.
7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
The charms that smite the simple heart. Pope.
Smith with the love of sister arts we came. Pope.
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 upbarid; to revile.
[Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.
SMITE
Smite, v. i.
Defn: To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
The heart meleth, and the knees smite together. Nah. ii. 10.
SMITE
Smite, n.
Defn: The act of smiting; a blow.
SMITER
Smit"er, n.
Defn: One who smites.
I give my back to the smiters. Isa. l. 6.
SMITH
Smith, n. Etym: [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid,
Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi (in comp.); cf. Gr.
1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.