anoint

• annoint (nonstandard)

Middle English, borrowed from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inungere, from in + ungere, unguere (“to smear; to anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈnɔɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

anoint (third-person singular simple present anoints, present participle anointing, simple past and past participle anointed)

1. (transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
   • And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. —Dryden.
   • He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
2. (transitive) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
   • Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
   • Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
4. (transitive, historical) To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.

• salve

• Anointing of the Sick
• the Lord's Anointed

• inunction
• ointment
• unguent

• anoint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anoint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• anoint at OneLook Dictionary Search

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