Definition of: smite

(smīt) v. smote (Obs. smit), smit·ten or smit or smote, smit·ing v.t.
1. To strike (something).
2. To strike a blow with (something); cause to strike.
3. To cut, sever, or break by a blow: usually with off or out.
4. To strike with disaster; afflict; destroy by a catastrophe.
5. To affect powerfully with sudden feeling; in the passive, to affect with love.
6. To cause to feel regret or remorse: His conscience smote him.
7. To affect as if by a blow; come upon suddenly: The thought smote him.
8. To kill by a sudden blow.
—v.i.
9. To come with sudden force; also, to knock against something: His knees smote together. See synonyms under BEAT. [OE smītan]
—smit′er noun