smite

Meanings

Plural: smites

Verb

inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
affect suddenly with deep feeling
cause physical pain or suffering in
To hit; to strike.
To strike down or kill with godly force.
To injure with divine power.
To kill violently; to slay.
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
To strike with love or infatuation.

Noun

A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), Middle Low German besmitten (“to soil, sully”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).

Synonyms

afflict

Scrabble Score: 7

smite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
smite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

smite is a valid Words With Friends word