Anoint

Verb

 * 1)  To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
 * 2)  To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

Adverbs for Anoint
sacrificially; religiously; perfunctorily; daily; occasionally.

Thesaurus
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; wax

Alternative forms

 * annoint

Etymology
enoint, past participle of enoindre, from inungere, in + ungere or unguere ("to smear", "to anoint"). See ointment, unguent.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: намазвам,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek: χρίω, μυρώνω,  επαλείφω
 * Italian:
 * Russian: смазывать/смазать (smázyvat'/smázat')
 * Serbo-Croatian: namazati
 * Spanish: ungir


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ölen, salben


 * Greek: χρίω
 * Italian:
 * Russian: помазывать/помазать (pomázyvat'/pomázat')
 * Serbo-Croatian: pomazati
 * Spanish: ungir

Related terms

 * inunction
 * ointment
 * unguent
 * The Lord’s Anointed

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