Smiting
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 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
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.
From Middle English smytinge, smytynge, equivalent to smite + -ing.
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