forsmite

Verb

(third-person singular simple present forsmites, present participle forsmiting, simple past forsmote, past participle forsmitten)

To smite in pieces; strike down.

Origin

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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