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Smiting

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who smites.

    "How can I revoke that decision made in consultation with my ministers and friends desiring my welfare, causing confusion, as the sudden smiting of an army by the enemy."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of smite form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw, hurl, bespatter”), equivalent to smite + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite + -ing.

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