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Anoint
| anointer
| anointing
| anointing of the sick
| anointment
| anole
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Anoint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Anoint has 2 senses
- anoint(v = verb.cognition) Array - choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group" is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
- anoint(v = verb.body) anele, embrocate, inunct, oil - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing; Array is one way to bless
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived forms noun anointer1, noun anointment1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Anoint, v. t. [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.].
- To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. [1913 Webster]"And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint." [1913 Webster]"He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay." [1913 Webster]
- To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. [1913 Webster]"Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him." [1913 Webster]"Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria." [1913 Webster]
Anoint, p. p.
Anointed. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Anoint, v.tr.
1 apply oil or ointment to, esp. as a religious ceremony (e.g. at baptism, or the consecration of a priest or king, or in ministering to the sick).
2 (usu. foll. by with) smear, rub.
1 apply oil or ointment to, esp. as a religious ceremony (e.g. at baptism, or the consecration of a priest or king, or in ministering to the sick).
2 (usu. foll. by with) smear, rub.
Derivative
anointer n.
Etymology
ME f. AF anoint (adj.) f. OF enoint past part. of enoindre f. L inungere (as IN-(2), ungere unct- smear with oil)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
Anoint
v.t. To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood,
So pigs to lead the populace are greased good.
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THESAURUS
Anoint
administer the Eucharist, beeswax, chair, chrism, confirm, crown, daub, do duty, dope, dose, dress, drug, embrocate, enthrone, glycerolate, grease, grease the wheels, impose, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, lard, lay hands on, lubricate, medicate, minister, officiate, oil, perform a rite, perform service, place, place in office, pomade, put in, salve, slick, slick on, smear, smooth the way, soap the ways, throne, unguent, waxROGET THESAURUS
Anoint
Rite
VB perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle, anoint, confirm, lay hands on, give the sacrament, administer the sacrament, administer extreme unction, hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive, excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle, attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass, take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion, communicate, receive extreme unction, confess, go to confession, receive penance, anele, preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.Covering
VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.
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