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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRICKEN, pp. of strike.
1. Struck; smitten; as the stricken deer. [See Strike.]
2. Advanced; worn; far gone.
Abraham was old and well stricken in age. Genesis 24.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: grievously affected especially by disease [syn: afflicted, stricken]
2: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck]
3: put out of action (by illness) [syn: laid low, stricken]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English striken, from past participle of striken to strike Date: 14th century 1. a. afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow b. made incapable or unfit <rescuers were sent to the stricken ship> 2. hit or wounded by or as if by a missile <the deer had been stricken by an arrow>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 affected or overcome with illness or misfortune etc. (stricken with measles; grief-stricken). 2 levelled with a strickle. 3 (often foll. by from etc.) US Law deleted. Phrases and idioms: stricken in years archaic enfeebled by age. Etymology: archaic past part. of STRIKE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stricken Strick"en, p. p. & a. from Strike. 1. Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer. Note: [See Strike, n.] 2. Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21. Abraham was old and well stricken in age. --Gen. xxiv. 1. 3. Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock. [Scot.] He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent of unnecessary tattle. --Sir W. Scott. Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after day, week, perhaps, after week. --Bayne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]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. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak. 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. 3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7. Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. --Byron. 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. 5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. --Prov. xvii. 26. 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. 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. 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. Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. --Atterbury. They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. --Pope. 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. How often has stricken you dumb with his irony! --Landor. 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. --Milton. 12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. 13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to strike a compact, so called because an animal was struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions. 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang] 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. 16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. 17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. 18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards. 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v. 11. 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. ``Well struck in years.'' --Shak. 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 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike. 2. If a person or place is stricken by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it. ...a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer... Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas. ADJ: oft ADJ by/with n • Stricken is also a combining form. He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again. ...drought-stricken areas. COMB in ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Struck, smitten, wounded, afflicted. 2. Advanced (in years), far gone, worn out, aged, venerable, time-worn.

Moby Thesaurus

affected, agonized, broken, broken-down, brokenhearted, crushed, cut up, dashed, deep-troubled, demoralized, desolate, desolated, devoured by, disconsolate, grief-stricken, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, heartsick, imbued with, impressed, impressed with, inundated, miserable, moved, neurasthenic, obsessed, obsessed by, overcome, overwhelmed, penetrated with, prostrate, prostrated, racked, reduced to jelly, seized with, shaken, shot, shot to pieces, suicidal, torn, tortured, touched, undone, unglued, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, upset, woebegone, woeful, wracked, wretched