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[syn: smitten, stricken, struck]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck,
   Stricken(Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
   stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
   str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
   stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.
   str[imac]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to
   strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw
   tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
   1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
      with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either
      with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
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            He at Philippi kept
            His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
            The lean and wrinkled Cassius.        --Shak.
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   2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet
      struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship
      struck a reef.
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   3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
      force to; to dash; to cast.
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            They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
            two sideposts.                        --Ex. xii. 7.
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            Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
                                                  --Byron.
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   4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
      coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
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   5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
      the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
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   6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
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            To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
            for equity.                           --Prov. xvii.
                                                  26.
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   7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
      notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;
      the drums strike up a march.
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   8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
      sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of
      surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to
      strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
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   9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect
      sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,
      with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or
      horror.
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            Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
            first view.                           --Atterbury.
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            They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
                                                  --Pope.
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   10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
       impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me
       favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
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             How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
                                                  --Landor.
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   11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
       stroke; as, to strike a light.
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             Waving wide her myrtle wand,
             She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
                                                  --Milton.
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   12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
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   13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
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   Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike
         a compact, so called because an animal was struck and
         killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.
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   14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
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   15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
       scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the
       level of the top.
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   16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
       face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
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   17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
       strange word; they soon struck the trail.
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   18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
       a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
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   19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.
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   20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
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             Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
             over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
                                                  11.
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   21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
       participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak.
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   To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under
      Attitude, and Balance.
   To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
      ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
      number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
      reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
      --Burrill.
   To strike a lead.
       (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
       (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]
   To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance
      it.
   To strike hands with.
       (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
       (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
   To strike off.
       (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
           off the interest of a debt.
       (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
           thousand copies of a book.
       (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
           strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
   To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
      figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
      U.S.]
   To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
      luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
   To strike out.
       (a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
           out sparks with steel.
       (b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as
           necessary as to strike out." --Pope.
       (c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
           contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
       (d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
           of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
           v. i.
   To strike sail. See under Sail.
   To strike up.
       (a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
           drums." --Shak.
       (b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
       (c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
           etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
   To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Struck \Struck\,
   imp. & p. p. of Strike.
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   Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
      having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
      striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
      each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
      cause.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
struck
    adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
           "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
           stricken, struck]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
STRUCK, pleadings. In an indictment for murder, when the death arises from
any wounding, beating or bruising, it is said, that the word "struck" is
essential. 1 Bulst. 184; 5 Co. 122; 3 Mod. 202; Cro. Jac. 655; Palm. 282; 2
Hale, 184, 6, 7: Hawk. B. 2, c. 23, s. 82; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243 6 Binn. R.
179.