Past simple and past participle
smite
Smite is an irregular verb: its past simple is smote and its past participle is smitten.
- Base form
- smite
- Past simple
- smote
- Past participle
- smitten
- Definition
- Strike with a firm blow.
- Example
- “He smites the water with his sword.”
- CEFR level
- C1On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.