English Explanatory Dictionary

forsmite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To smite in pieces; strike down.

Word forms

forsmite forsmites forsmiting forsmote forsmitten

Etymology

From Middle English forsmiten, equivalent to for- + smite. Cognate with West Frisian forsmite (“to hurl off, fling off”), Dutch versmijten (“to displace or throw off by flinging”).

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