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anoint
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a·noint  (-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, innct- : in-, on; see in-2 + unguere, to smear.]

a·nointer n.
a·nointment n.

anoint [əˈnɔɪnt]
vb (tr)
1. to smear or rub over with oil or an oily liquid
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to apply oil to as a sign of consecration or sanctification in a sacred rite
[from Old French enoint, from enoindre, from Latin inunguere, from in-2 + unguere to smear with oil]
anointer  n
anointment  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.anoint - choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
2.anoint - administer an oil or ointment to anoint - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

anoint
verb
1. smear, oil, rub, grease, spread over, daub, embrocate He anointed my forehead with oil.
2. consecrate, bless, sanctify, hallow, anele (archaic) The Pope has anointed him as Archbishop.
Translations
anoint [əˈnɔɪnt] VT
1. (with oil etc) → ungir (with de)
2. (fig) (= nominate) → designar, nombrar

anoint [əˈnɔɪnt] vtoindre

anoint
vtsalben; to anoint somebody kingjdn zum König salben; to anoint somebody as something (fig)jdn als etw auserwählen

anoint [əˈnɔɪnt] vt (Rel) → ungere
to anoint sb king → consacrare qn re

anoint
v anoint [əˈnoint]
to smear or cover with ointment or oil especially in a religious ceremony anointed by a priest. olie, salf يَدْهَن بِمِرْهَم намазвам pomazat, namazat salve; smøre salben χρίω ungir võidma چرب کردن؛ مسح کردن voidella oindre לִמשוֹח בְּשֶׁמֶן अभिषेक देना pomazati felken mengurapi smyrja ungere 油を注ぎきよめる 기름을 부어 신성하게 하다 patepti ieeļļot; iesvaidīt melumur zalven salve, smøre inn namaszczać ungir a mirui; a unge помазывать pomazať maziliti miropomazati smörja ทาด้วยน้ำมัน yağlamak, yağ sürmek 塗油 помазати تیل ، یا مرہم چپڑنا xức dầu


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Similarly, La colonna infame, the work that accompanied the 1842 edition of I promessi sposi (a damning account of the shoddy administration of justice in Lombardy under Spanish rule) is said to be "a historical tract" dealing with "the trial of the anointers, the men whom the populace believed involved in a conspiracy to poison Milan with the plague" (4).
Although Borromeo was on the whole skeptical of the more outlandish reports of untori, he thought some of the accounts to be credible, including stories that certain anointers wiped prayer books with unguents in order to spread plague among the clergy, while others had contaminated fruits and vegetables in the marketplaces.
ministers), and like unfailing witnesses and anointers (i.
 
 
 
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