anoint

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anoint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anoint \A*noint"\, p. p.
     Anointed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  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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anoint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

anoint - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Anoint
  The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the
  Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of
  consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the
  high priest (Ex. 29:29; Lev. 4:3) and of the sacred vessels (Ex.
  30:26). The high priest and the king are thus called "the
  anointed" (Lev. 4:3, 5, 16; 6:20; Ps. 132:10). Anointing a king
  was equivalent to crowning him (1 Sam. 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:4, etc.).
  Prophets were also anointed (1 Kings 19:16; 1 Chr. 16:22; Ps.
  105:15). The expression, "anoint the shield" (Isa. 21:5), refers
  to the custom of rubbing oil on the leather of the shield so as
  to make it supple and fit for use in war.
  
    (2.) Anointing was also an act of hospitality (Luke 7:38, 46).
  It was the custom of the Jews in like manner to anoint
  themselves with oil, as a means of refreshing or invigorating
  their bodies (Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 104:15,
  etc.). This custom is continued among the Arabians to the
  present day.
  
    (3.) Oil was used also for medicinal purposes. It was applied
  to the sick, and also to wounds (Ps. 109:18; Isa. 1:6; Mark
  6:13; James 5:14).
  
    (4.) The bodies of the dead were sometimes anointed (Mark
  14:8; Luke 23:56).
  
    (5.) The promised Deliverer is twice called the "Anointed" or
  Messiah (Ps. 2:2; Dan. 9:25, 26), because he was anointed with
  the Holy Ghost (Isa. 61:1), figuratively styled the "oil of
  gladness" (Ps. 45:7; Heb. 1:9). Jesus of Nazareth is this
  anointed One (John 1:41; Acts 9:22; 17:2, 3; 18:5, 28), the
  Messiah of the Old Testament.

anoint - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "anoint":
     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