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anoint(dictionary)

anoint (iou)



anoint verb trans. ME.
[Anglo-Norman (see AN-2), Old French enoint pa. pple of enoindre from Latin inungere, from IN-2 + ungere anoint.]
Smear or rub over with oil or ointment, esp. as a religious ceremony at baptism or on consecration as a priest or monarch. (Foll. by with.) ME.
the Lord's Anointed (a) Jesus Christ; (b) a monarch by divine right.
Bible (AV): Exodus 28:41 Thou..shalt annoint them, and consecrate them..that they may minister vnto mee in the Priests office. Gibbon The salutary custom of bathing the limbs in water and of anointing them with oil. D. Attenborough The bird takes the oil..with its beak and anoints its feathers individually.
Smear or rub with any other substance. LME.
R. Conquest While she's proceeding to anoint The sting with sal ammoniac.
Thrash soundly, baste. Now dial. L15.
anointer noun L16.
anointment noun (arch.) the action of anointing; an ointment: LME.