From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anoint \A*noint"\, p. p.
Anointed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anoint \A*noint"\ ([.a]*noint"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anointed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Anointing}.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre,
fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See
{Ointment}, {Unguent}.]
1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance;
also, to spread over, as oil.
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And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint.
--Dryden.
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He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
--John ix. 6.
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2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred
rite, especially for consecration.
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Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it
upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. --Exod.
xxix. 7.
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Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. --1 Kings xix.
15.
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{The Lord's Anointed}, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish
or other king by "divine right." --1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anoint
v 1: choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was
anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
2: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious
ceremony of blessing [syn: {anoint}, {inunct}, {oil},
{anele}, {embrocate}]
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