smitten

smitten
smitten mid-13c., pp. of SMITE (Cf. smite). Sense of "inspired with love" is from 1660s.

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  • Smitten — Smitten, the past participle of smite , can refer to:* Smitten , a 2004 album by The Martinis * Smitten , a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom *Smitten (web site), a popular New York City weblog and column *Smitten (band), a band featuring Marla Sokoloff… …   Wikipedia

  • Smitten — puede referirse a: Smitten, álbum de The Martinis. Buffalo Tom. Smitten, banda argentina. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a través de …   Wikipedia Español

  • Smitten — Smit ten (sm[i^]t t n), p. p. of {Smite}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smitten — [smit′n] vt., vi. alt. pp. of SMITE …   English World dictionary

  • smitten — smit|ten1 [ˈsmıtn] adj [not before noun] 1.) suddenly feeling that you love someone very much ▪ As soon as he saw her, he was smitten. smitten by/with ▪ She was totally smitten with Steve. 2.) smitten with/by sth suddenly affected by an illness… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • smitten — adj. affected (formal) 1) smitten by, with (smitten by disease) infatuated (colloq.) 2) smitten by, with (he was totally smitten with her) * * * with (he was totally smitten with her) [ affected ] (formal) smitten by …   Combinatory dictionary

  • smitten — [[t]smɪ̱t(ə)n[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ with/by n If you are smitten, you find someone so attractive that you are or seem to be in love with them. They were totally smitten with each other. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ …   English dictionary

  • smitten — verb 1 the past participle of smite 2 be smitten (with sb/sth) to suddenly feel that you love someone or like something very much: The young man was smitten with Miranda and her charms. | be smitten with a desire to do sth (=want to do it very… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Smitten — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various places in England and Scotland named with the Olde English pre 7th Century smethe, smeotha , the genitive plural of smith , smith, and tun ,… …   Surnames reference

  • Smitten — Smite Smite (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Smote} (sm[=o]t), rarely {Smit} (sm[i^]t); p. p. {Smitten} (sm[i^]t t n), rarely {Smit}, or {Smote}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiting} (sm[imac]t [i^]ng).] [AS. sm[=i]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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