The verb smite has one past tense form, smote, and two past participle forms, smote and smitten. Smote is usually used for the meanings having to do with striking or inflicting pain or injury, as in "he smote me." Smitten is the more common past participle; it is usually used to mean that someone is captivated or infatuated with a thing or another person, as in "I was smitten with the new puppy."