smote

Definition

simple past of smite

Example Sentences

• "Hounds whimpered and marked at the stick-pile. Their many tongues smote all other sounds from Tarka’s ears."
• "As thy eye beames, when their freſh rayſe haue ſmot."
• ""We should have smote him," continued the ex-president of the Directory, still fretful from his misfortune;[…]"