Definition of "smitten" []

• A past participle of smite. (verb)

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• "The term smitten is here significant and deserves our serious consideration."
• "It's a clever mix of slightly blurred actual history and fiction that Sarah Bower has created, and I was smitten from the very first page on finding myself right in the thick of battle, fire-tipped arrows and severed hands the lot."
• "I am still a fan of Fairy Tales and remain smitten with any story that begins, “Once upon a time …”"