anoint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.

/əˈnɔɪnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anoint.wav

anoint anoints anointing anointed annoint

From Middle English enointen, anointen, borrowed from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre (“to anoint”). Doublet of inunct.

salve pomade pomate pomatum

anointable anointee anointer Anointing of the Sick anointment disanoint reanoint self-anoint the Lord's Anointed

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