smote

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past of smite
  2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of smite
    "We should have smote him," continued the ex-president of the Directory, still fretful from his misfortune;[…] 1828, Laure Junot duchesse d'Abrantès, Memoirs of the Duchess d'Abrantés, volume 1, page 197
    The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul. 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13
    So that's the story- God did not smote us for that story. We finished the whole thing. Penn Jillette in Las Vegas with Michale Goudeau- we'll be back, we'll take some phone calls. God hath not smote my ass! January 4, 2006, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, 19:01 from the start, in Penn Radio, number 2
    God has use for Satan, or He would have smote him centuries ago. In any case, Captain Dan is nothing without Barbary. He will shrivel and drift before the first clean draught that blows unhampered across the ruins. 5 February 2008, Loren D. Estleman, Port Hazard: A Page Murdock Novel, page 261
  3. simple past of smight

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