Smiting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of smite form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."
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.