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[ I am so wounded, as ye may wel seen, That I am lost almost, it smert so sore. Chaucer , A. В. С., 1. 152. I have some wounds upon me, and they smart. Shak ., Cor., 1. 9. 28. 2. To feel mental pain or suffering of any kind; suffer; be distre ed; suffer evil consequences; bear a penalty. Christ and the apostles were in most misery in the land of Jewry, but yet the whole land smarted for it after. J. Bradford , Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), П. 42. It was Carteret's misfortune to be raised to power when the public mind was still smarting from recent disappoint Macaulay , Horace Walpole. ments. 3. To cause a smart or sharp pain; cause suffering or distre . This is, indeed, disheartening; it is his [the new member's] first le on in committee government, and the master's rod smarts. W. Wilson, Cong. Gov., ii. To smart for it, to suffer as a consequence of some act or neglect. And verily, one man to live in pleasure and wealth, while all other weep and smart for it , that is the part, not of a king, but of a jailor. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. II. trans . To cause a smart or pain to or in; cause to smart. What calle ye goode? fayn wold I that I wiste: That plesith one, a-nothir smertithe soore. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 75. The manner of the Master was too pointed not to be felt, and when he had succeeded in smarting the good woman's sensibilities his object was attained. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 16.