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a⋅noint

  [uh-noint]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
2. to smear with any liquid.
3. to consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the token applying of oil: He anointed the new high priest.
4. to dedicate to the service of God.
Origin:
1300–50; ME anoynten, deriv. of anoynt, enoynt (ptp.) < OF enoint < L inūnctus anointed (ptp. of inungere), equiv. to in- in- 2 + ung- smear with oil + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
a⋅noint⋅er, noun
a⋅noint⋅ment, noun
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a·noint   (ə-noint')   
tr.v.   a·noint·ed, a·noint·ing, a·noints

  1. To apply oil, ointment, or a similar substance to.

  2. To put oil on during a religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.

  3. To choose by or as if by divine intervention.


[Middle English enointen, from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inunguere, inūnct- : in-, on; see in-2 + unguere, to smear.]
a·noint'er n., a·noint'ment n.
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