2007-02-23 07:49:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One of my favorite lines in Bruce Almighty:
"Smite me, O Mighty Smiter."
But the way I like the word used is when one is smitten, as in having been totally affected by another [in a romantic way].
SMITE
Pronunciation: 'smIt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): smote /'smOt/; smit·ten /'smi-t&n /; or smote; smit·ing /'smI-ti[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smItan to smear, defile; akin to Old High German bismIzan to defile
transitive verb
1 : to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or an implement held in the hand
2 a : to kill or severely injure by smiting b : to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously
3 : to cause to strike
4 : to affect as if by striking
5 : CAPTIVATE, TAKE
intransitive verb : to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held
2007-02-23 07:56:14 · answer #1 · answered by endrshadow 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
godly way to kill you.
if zues smited you, it would be with a lightning bolt.
mwahahah, i love that word, smite.
2007-02-23 07:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitting, striking to cause injury!
2007-02-23 07:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by michael m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The process of hitting hard.
2007-02-23 07:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by Amish Rebel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just means "to strike", but when god did it whole cities got wiped out.
2007-02-23 07:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old English verb meaning "to hit"...hitting.
2007-02-23 07:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by arcticsunshine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, a plague of locusts, or a visit from the Angel of Death, or a rainstorm of fire, or something.
Maybe it was actually syphilis....
2007-02-23 07:58:57 · answer #7 · answered by somebody 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bring your face over here and hold still.
2007-02-23 07:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with Hephaestus and iron working.
Wait...that's smelting.
2007-02-23 07:53:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to strike with a heavy blow usually used to indicate a painful death
2007-02-23 07:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by Krystle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋