[smite] vb smote ; smit.ten or smote ; smit.ing [ME, fr. OE smitan to smear, defile; akin to OHG bismizan to defile] vt (12c) 1: to strike sharply or heavily esp. with the hand or an implement held in the hand
2. a: to kill or severely injure by smiting b: to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously "smitten by disease"
3: to cause to strike
4: to affect as if by striking "children smitten with the fear of hell --V. L. Parrington"
5: captivate, take "smitten with her beauty" ~ vi: to deliver or deal a blow with or as if with the hand or something held -- smit.er n