Meaning of "smite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMITE

Old English smītan; related to Old High German smīzan to smear, Gothic bismeitan, Old Swedish smēta to daub.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SMITE

smite  [smaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMITE

Smite is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smite in English.

WHAT DOES SMITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of smite in the English dictionary

The first definition of smite in the dictionary is to strike with a heavy blow or blows. Other definition of smite is to damage with or as if with blows. Smite is also to afflict or affect severely.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMITE

PRESENT

Present

I smite

you smite

he/she/it smites

we smite

you smite

they smite

Present continuous

I am smiting

you are smiting

he/she/it is smiting

we are smiting

you are smiting

they are smiting

Present perfect

I have smitten

you have smitten

he/she/it has smitten

we have smitten

you have smitten

they have smitten

Present perfect continuous

I have been smiting

you have been smiting

he/she/it has been smiting

we have been smiting

you have been smiting

they have been smiting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I smote

you smote

he/she/it smote

we smote

you smote

they smote

Past continuous

I was smiting

you were smiting

he/she/it was smiting

we were smiting

you were smiting

they were smiting

Past perfect

I had smitten

you had smitten

he/she/it had smitten

we had smitten

you had smitten

they had smitten

Past perfect continuous

I had been smiting

you had been smiting

he/she/it had been smiting

we had been smiting

you had been smiting

they had been smiting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will smite

you will smite

he/she/it will smite

we will smite

you will smite

they will smite

Future continuous

I will be smiting

you will be smiting

he/she/it will be smiting

we will be smiting

you will be smiting

they will be smiting

Future perfect

I will have smitten

you will have smitten

he/she/it will have smitten

we will have smitten

you will have smitten

they will have smitten

Future perfect continuous

I will have been smiting

you will have been smiting

he/she/it will have been smiting

we will have been smiting

you will have been smiting

they will have been smiting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would smite

you would smite

he/she/it would smite

we would smite

you would smite

they would smite

Conditional continuous

I would be smiting

you would be smiting

he/she/it would be smiting

we would be smiting

you would be smiting

they would be smiting

Conditional perfect

I would have smite

you would have smite

he/she/it would have smite

we would have smite

you would have smite

they would have smite

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been smiting

you would have been smiting

he/she/it would have been smiting

we would have been smiting

you would have been smiting

they would have been smiting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you smite
we let´s smite
you smite

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to smite

Past participle

smitten

Present Participle

smiting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SMITE

Find out the translation of smite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of smite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 击杀
• Translator English - Spanish: herirá
• English: smite
• Translator English - Hindi: हराना
• Translator English - Arabic: اضرب
• Translator English - Russian: поразит
• Translator English - Portuguese: fira
• Translator English - Bengali: আঘাত
• Translator English - French: frapper
• Translator English - Malay: Pukulan
• Translator English - German: schlagen
• Translator English - Japanese: 強打
• Translator English - Korean: 강타
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyenyet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đập
• Translator English - Tamil: வெட்டுவேன்
• Translator English - Marathi: हानी
• Translator English - Turkish: çarpmak
• Translator English - Italian: colpire
• Translator English - Polish: uderzyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вразить
• Translator English - Romanian: lovi
• Translator English - Greek: χτυπώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: slaan
• Translator English - Swedish: slå
• Translator English - Norwegian: slå

2 QUOTES WITH «SMITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word smite.

1

Bradley Chicho

Declare this smite time, extracting precious gems and wholly hours you share to fruitcake a friend so dear.

2

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMITE»

Discover the use of smite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

S M I T E Episode One the Nuclear Attack

At this new control center, SMITE activities were coordinated and kept under wraps. After the 9/11 attack, SMITE leaders decided to spend someof their moneybuilding secret bunkersinstrategic locations around the nation.These would give ...

Donald Uttenmacher, 2011

A Sheep God Would Smite

Matt Prengaman. A. Sheep. God. Would. Smite. Matt Prengaman Copyright © 2010 by Matt Prengaman. Library of Congress Control.

Matt Prengaman, 2010

The Englishman's Hebrew & Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...

The Lord shall smite thee 27 . The Lord will smite thee 29: "(ti). unto battle, and ice smote them: Jos. 7: 3. go up and smite Ai ; 5. And the men of Ai smote of them — and smote them in the going down: 8:21. they turned again, ana slew 22. ana  ...

George Vicesimus Wigram, 1860

The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...

Sa.23:20.he slew two lionlike men — he went down also and slew a lion 21, he slew an Egyptian, I K. 14: 16. For the Lord shall smite Israel, 15:39. he smote all the house of Jeroboam ; 16: (.because he killed him. 1 1 . he slew all the house of  ...

George V. Wigram, 1866

English grammar adapted for the different classes of learners

[Thou] wilt smite; 3. [He] will smite. le'. I. [Vt'e] shall smite; 2. [You] will smite ; 3. [ They] will smite. Future Imperfect Tense. Sing. [1] shall be smiting, &c. Plur. [\Ve] shall be smiting, titc. Future Perfect Tense. Slug. [I] shall have smitten, Sec. le'.

L. Murray

A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament ...: To ...

Eight Tenses, or Times; the Present, as ruvhi I smite, or am now smiting; the Imperfect, as trwsiw I did smite, or was then smiling ; the Preter-pcrjcct, as rtlvipx I smote, or have smitten ; the Preter-plu-perfect, as trehfuv I had then smitten ; tne first ...

John Parkhurst, 1817

A Concordance to the Canonical Books of the Old and New ...

6. rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock 21. 18. if men strive together, and one smite another 20. ifa man a. his servant, or his maid, with a rod 26. And if a man unite the eye of his servant 27. And if he smite out his manservant's tooth ...

‎1859

Sacred Books of the East

He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict the deadliest of all deaths ; * " He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will afflict the most fiendish of all fiends ; ' " He will smite the most counter-working of all counter- works, he will ...

F. Max Muller, 1999

A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including ...

Tn"??? 1 Sam. 17, 46, Twist') Is. 60, 10; infin. Mir], absol. HEFJ Deut. 13, 16; imp. H37] Ez. 6, 11, apoc. T'?! ; fut. conv. 1'15'?! . oftener TE! . 1. to strike, to smite, Gr. 1111:1700), e. g. a) With blows, as with a rod, with ace. of pers. and a of instrum.

Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson, 1865

A Greek and English lexicon to the New Testament. To this is ...

Three toicet : the active, as rvrrrio I smite ; the passive, as rvrrouat I am smitten ( see rules 3 and 4 above) ; and middle ; which last is in signification fre- Juently active, sometimes passive, but seems most properly to express reflected action, ...

John Parkhurst, John Richardson Major, 1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMITE»

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Smite Gets a Kevin Sorbo-Voiced Hercules Skin

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Hi-Rez Studios Announces Smite World Championship by Xbox One

By Jordan SiraniThe Smite World Championship presented by Xbox One will take place January 7-10, 2016 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in ... «IGN, Jul 15»

Smite's new plan to take its players pro

It was no surprise then to see Hi-Rez, the studio behind rival MOBA Smite, adopt a similar strategy for its World Championship back in January, raising a seven ... «Red Bull, Jul 15»

Your very own Smite or Primal Carnage figurine: Amazon now lets …

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Smite World Championship prize pool capped at $1 million

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that it will cap the 2015 Smite World Championship prize pool at just $1 million, a small fraction of the $15 million (and counting) ... «PC Gamer, Jul 15»

Smite Gets New Arena Map On PC Next Week, Xbox One Soon

Smite is free-to-play and available on PC and Xbox One (currently closed beta). Hi-Rez is planning to release Smite to all on Microsoft's current-gen console ... «Game Informer, Jun 15»

Smite Closed Beta Begins on Xbox One

Hi-Rez's MOBA Smite has entered closed beta testing on Xbox One. If you participated in the Smite alpha, or if you have a beta code, you can now get your ... «IGN, May 15»

Okay, Maybe The Gameplay Isn't My Favorite Feature Of Smite

The latest patch for action MOBA Smite dropped today, adding achievements, a brand new god, a revamped store interface and all sorts of item and god balance ... «Kotaku, Apr 15»

Smite's Arena Mode Getting A Complete Visual Upgrade

By Brandin TyrrelSmite's incredibly popular Arena game mode is due for a facelift, developer Hi-Rez Studios has revealed. Speaking with IGN, the team behind ... «IGN, Apr 15»

Hi-Rez marks Smite's one year anniversary with a sale

Hi-Rez Studios is celebrating the one year anniversary of the launch of its MOBA Smite with an AMA on Reddit and, more practically, a sale on skins, gems, and ... «PC Gamer, Mar 15»