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 →

2) (old use) To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy. tree →

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 →
• The knight smote the dragon with his sword. tree →
• Shame on you for trying to smite my friend. tree →

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.
• And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
• (7-27) And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
• And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
• But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.