forsmite
English
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”).
Verb
forsmite (third-person singular simple present forsmites, present participle forsmiting, simple past forsmote, past participle forsmitten)
- (obsolete, transitive) To smite in pieces; strike down.
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