To strike; give a hard blow, as with the hand or something held in the hand, or, archaically, with something thrown; it heavily.To destroy the life of by beating or by weapons of any kind; slay; kill.To visit disastrously; seize suddenly or severely; attack in a way that threatens or destroys life or vigor: as, a person or a city smitten with pestilence.To afflict; chasten; punish.To strike or affect with emotion or passion, especially love; catch the affection or fancy of.To trouble, as by reproaches; distress.To cast; bend.To come upon; affect suddenly as if with a blow; strike.To strike; collide; knock.To produce an effect as by a stroke; come, enter, or penetrate with quickness and force.n. A blow.n. A small portion.