Transitive verb smote, smit′ten, smit′ing. Archaic, Literary. to hit or strike hard. to bring into a specified condition by or as by a blow: to smite someone dead.: now archaic or literary except in the pp. to strike or attack with powerful or disastrous effect: smitten by the flu.

Smitten definition is - deeply affected with or struck by strong feelings of attraction, affection, or infatuation. How to use smitten in a sentence. On smite, smote, and smitten. Deeply affected with or struck by strong feelings of attraction, affection, or infatuation See the full definition.

to inspire strong and sudden love or devotion: he saw her and was immediately smittenOrigin of smiteMiddle English smiten from Old English smitan, akin to German schmeissen, to throw from Indo-European base an unverified form sm?-, to smear, smear on, stroke on.

1: deeply affected with or struck by strong feelings of attraction, affection, or infatuationTrillin leaves no doubt he was smitten with his wife, as were others. Auto theft gang wars wiki online. — Peter Stevenson Tatiana is smitten with Onegin and declares her love in a letter to him. Schonberg As you may know I married Zelda Sayre, the Montgomery girl I was so smitten with. Scott Fitzgerald A prodigious number of Americans have become smitten with cats. — Time Once in Bangkok, he was so smitten by the city that he decided to settle there permanently — Geri Trotta I was incredulous when I found that you, too, were smitten. — Edna O'Brien. On Smite, Smote, and SmittenSmote is the past tense form of the verb smite, which is most frequently used to mean 'to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or with something held in the hand,' or 'to kill or severely injure by striking in such a way.'

Smite has two forms (the form used with have and be), smitten and smote, as in 'a villain who was smitten/smote by a sword.'