Sit - SIT, v.i. pret. sat; old pp. sitten [L. sedeo.]
1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground.
2. To perch; to rest on the feet; as fowls.
3. To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity. The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Mat 23.
4. To be in a state of rest or idleness. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num 32.
5. To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burned; as, grief sits heavy on his heart.
6. To settle; to rest; to abide. Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face.
7. To incubate; to cover and warm eggs for hatching; as a fowl. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not- Jer 17.
8. To be adjusted; to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness; as, a coat sits well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, sits not so easy on me as you think.
9. To be placed in order to be painted; as, to sit for one's picture.
10. To be in any situation or condition. Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity; would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now?
11. To hold a session; to be officially engaged in public business; as judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day.
12. To exercise authority; as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death.
13. To be in any assembly or council as a member; to have a seat.
14. To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. [Unusual]
To sit at meat, to be at table for eating.
To sit down,
1. to place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down at a meal.
2. To begin a siege. The enemy sat down before the town.
3. To settle; to fix a permanent abode.
4. To rest; to cease as satisfied. Here we cannot sit down, but still proceed in our search.
To sit out, to be without engagement or employment. [Little used.]
To sit up,
1. To rise or be raised from a recumbent posture. He that was dead sat up, and began to speak. Luke 7.
2. Not to go to bed; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person.
SIT, v.t.
1. To keep the seat upon. He sits a horse well. [This phrase is elliptical.]
2. To sit me down, To sit him down, to sit them down, equivalent to I seated myself, & c. are familiar phrases used by good writers, though deviation from strict propriety. They sat them down to weep.
3. "The court was sat," an expression of Addison, is a gross impropriety.
Smite - SMITE, v.t. pret. smote; pp. smitten, smil. [This verb is the L. mitto.]
1. To strike; to throw, drive or force against, as the fist or hand, a stone or a weapon; to reach with a blow or a weapon; as, to smite one with the fist; to smite with a rod or with a stone. Whoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Mat 5.
2. To kill; to destroy the life of by beating or by weapons of any kind; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other engine. David smote Goliath with a sling and a stone. The Philistines were often smitten with great slaughter. [This word, like slay, usually or always signification, that of beating, striking, the primitive mode of killing. We never apply it to the destruction of life by poison, by accident or by legal execution.]
3. To blast; to destroy life; as by a stroke or by something sent. The flax and the barley were smitten. Exo 9.
4. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
5. To strike or affect with passion. See what the charms that smite the simple heart. Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
TO SMITE WITH THE TONGUE, to reproach or upbraid. Jer 18.
SMITE, v.i. To strike; to collide. The heart melteth and the kness smite together. Nahum 2.
SMITE, n. A blow.
Smite - SMITE, v.t. pret. smote; pp. smitten, smil. [This verb is the L. mitto.]
1. To strike; to throw, drive or force against, as the fist or hand, a stone or a weapon; to reach with a blow or a weapon; as, to smite one with the fist; to smite with a rod or with a stone. Whoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Mat 5.
2. To kill; to destroy the life of by beating or by weapons of any kind; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other engine. David smote Goliath with a sling and a stone. The Philistines were often smitten with great slaughter. [This word, like slay, usually or always signification, that of beating, striking, the primitive mode of killing. We never apply it to the destruction of life by poison, by accident or by legal execution.]
3. To blast; to destroy life; as by a stroke or by something sent. The flax and the barley were smitten. Exo 9.
4. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
5. To strike or affect with passion. See what the charms that smite the simple heart. Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
TO SMITE WITH THE TONGUE, to reproach or upbraid. Jer 18.
SMITE, v.i. To strike; to collide. The heart melteth and the kness smite together. Nahum 2.
SMITE, n. A blow.
Smiter - SMI'TER, n. One who smites or strikes. I gave my back to the smiters. Isa 50.
Snatch - SNATCH, v.t. pret. and pp. snatched or snacht.
1. To seize hastily or abruptly. When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
2. To seize without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a kiss.
3. To seize and transport away; as, snatch me to heaven.
SNATCH, v.i. To catch at; to attempt to seize suddenly. Nay, the ladies too will be snatching. He shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry. Isa 9.
SNATCH, n.
1. A hasty catch or seizing.
2. A catching at or attempt to seize suddenly.
3. A short fit of vigorous action; as a snatch as weeding after a shower.
4. A broken or interrupted action; a short fit or turn. They move by fits and snatches. We have often little snatches of sunshine.
5. A shuffling answer. [Little used.]
SNATCH'-BLOCK, n. A particular kind of block used in ships, having an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.