Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To smite in pieces; strike down.

Origin

From Middle English forsmiten, equivalent to for- + smite. Cognate with West Frisian forsm

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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Forms

forsmites, forsmiting, forsmote, forsmitten
Base formforsmite · to forsmite
3rd person singularforsmites
Present participleforsmiting
Past simpleforsmote
Past participleforsmitten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforsmite
he, she, itforsmites

Past simpleLesson

all personsforsmote

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forsmitten
he, she, ithas forsmitten

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forsmite

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefortforte
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