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smites

smites is the plural of smite.

smites is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smite.

Meaning of smite

Noun

smite (plural smites)

  1. (archaic, rare) A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.
    • On the other hand , your soft-headed, softhearted sentimentalist, whose heart is in his waistcoat pocket, always at hand for use, he who picks out the pretty parts of modern novels, and the tender parts of affecting tales, never hears of two young people meeting one another, but he begins to think...1844, The Mysterious Man. A Novel. By the Author of Ben Bradshawe; the Man Without a Head [i.e. Frederick Chamier, T. C. Newby, page 192

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Phrases with smites

Questions about smites

What is smites the plural of?
Smites is the plural of smite.

Words near smites in the dictionary

  1. smite hip and thigh
  2. smited
  3. smiteful
  4. smiter
  5. smiters
  6. smites
  7. smites hip and thigh
  8. smitest
  9. smiteth
  10. smith
  11. Smith & Wesson

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