Definition of Anoint

1. Verb. Choose by or as if by divine intervention. "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take

2. Verb. Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
Exact synonyms: Anele, Embrocate, Inunct, Oil
Generic synonyms: Bless
Derivative terms: Anointer, Anointment, Embrocation, Inunction, Oil

Definition of Anoint

1. v. t. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

2. p. p. Anointed.

Definition of Anoint

1. to apply oil to as a sacred rite [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anoint

Anoectochilus
anoeses
anoesis
anoestra
anoestri
anoestrous
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoetic
anoetic
anogenital
anogenital band
anogenital raphe
Anogramma
Anogramma leptophylla
anoint (current term)
anointed
anointer
anointers
anointing
anointing of the sick
anointment
anointments
anoints
anole
anoles
anolis
Anolis
Anolis carolinensis
anolyte

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