![]() The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. verb inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weaponĪy! as long as the prophet was ordered to stamp with his foot, I will stamp with my foot - (here he stamped till the platform trembled for its safety) - and to smite with his hand, I will _smite_ with my hand - (slapping alternate hands on alternate thighs.) - Yes! and.verb cause physical pain or suffering in.verb figuratively To strike with love or infatuation.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb To strike down or kill with godly force.transitive verb to reproach or upbraid to revile.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.transitive verb to knock out, as a tooth.transitive verb To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.transitive verb To afflict to chasten to punish.transitive verb To blast to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. ![]() transitive verb To put to rout in battle to overthrow by war.transitive verb To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind to slay by a blow to kill.transitive verb To cause to strike to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.transitive verb To strike to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand.intransitive verb Archaic To strike to collide to beat.To produce an effect as by a stroke come, enter, or penetrate with quickness and force.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To come upon affect suddenly as if with a blow strike.To trouble, as by reproaches distress.To strike or affect with emotion or passion, especially love catch the affection or fancy of.To visit disastrously seize suddenly or severely attack in a way that threatens or destroys life or vigor: as, a person or a city smitten with pestilence.To destroy the life of by beating or by weapons of any kind slay kill.To strike give a hard blow, as with the hand or something held in the hand, or, archaically, with something thrown it heavily.intransitive verb To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.intransitive verb To affect sharply with great feeling.intransitive verb To afflict retributively chasten or chastise.intransitive verb To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.intransitive verb To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.intransitive verb To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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