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forsmite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forsmite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To smite in pieces; strike down.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

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”).

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Inflected Forms

forsmites (present, singular) forsmiting (participle, present) forsmote (past) forsmitten (participle, past)

Questions

What does forsmite mean?
To smite in pieces; strike down.
Where does forsmite come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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