SMELL, pret and pp. smelled, smelt. I have not found this word in any other language. TO perceive by the nose, or by the olfactory nerves to have a sensation excited in certain organs of the nose by particular qualities of a body, which are transmitted in fine particles, often form a distance as, to smell a rose to smell perfumes.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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