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# smite

«smite» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hit hard with a blow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (smite, smites, smote, smitten, smiting) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) To smite is to hit hard with a blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#m1)

2) (old use) To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero uses a sword to smite a troll or a wicked beast.

### examples

- Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x1)
- The knight smote the dragon with his sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x2)
- Shame on you for trying to smite my friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.74/)
- [And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.202/)
- [(7-27) And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.204/)
- [And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.266/)
- [But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.267/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.