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Future tense of "smite"?

I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite. I realize that it is an irregular verb, smite, smote, smitten, but what form would it take in a future tense? I assumed it would be "smited" (as in, "will be smited"), but I can't find an appropriate reference to that anywhere.

Any suggestions appreciated,
Jon
  

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[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite. Irealize that it is an irregular ... [/nq] Future tense (active voice): will smite Future tense (passive voice): will be smitten Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

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  • [nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite.
  • Irealize that it is an irregular ...
  • [/nq] Future tense (active voice): will smite Future tense (passive voice): will be smitten Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite. Irealize that it is an irregular ... assumed it would be "smited" (as in, "will be smited"), but I can't find an appropriate reference to that anywhere.[/nq]
Future tense (active voice): will smite
Future tense (passive voice): will be smitten

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite.[/nq]
Future: "I will smite you"
[nq:1]I realize that it is an irregular verb, smite, smote, smitten, but what form would it take in a future tense? I assumed it would be "smited" (as in, "will be smited"), but I can't find an appropriate reference to that anywhere.[/nq]
That is not the simple future.
Future, Pas
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In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented Jon Danniken broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite.[/nq]
Since English doesn't have a real future tense, simply stick "will," "shall," "going to," or some such in front of the present: "will smite." So far as I know, that will work for any verb.
[nq:1]I realize
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[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite. Irealize that it is an irregular ... be "smited" (as in, "will be smited"), but I can't find an appropriate reference to that anywhere. Any suggestions appreciated,[/nq]
"The lesson is: Our *** is vengeful! O spiteful one, show me who to smite and they shall be smoten!" Homer Simpson
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The past tense, of course, is ***.
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Indeed. Oughta watched "Friends" whence the line "You are *so* the smitten kitten"

John "Prolly in Buffy too" Dean
Oxford
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Thanks, Lars, that is exactly why my mind was stumbling on the "will be smitten" part.
[nq:1]If the present passive is "(be) smitten," then according to the formula given above, "will be smitten" should be the future tense of passive "smite," and indeed, it is.[/nq]
Jon
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Can I plead insanity? Emotion: smile
Jon
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[nq:1]I can't for the life of me figure out the future tense of smite. I realize that it is an ... be "smited" (as in, "will be smited"), but I can't find an appropriate reference to that anywhere. Any suggestions appreciated,[/nq]
The future tense of smite is smite.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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