anoint
verb/əˈnɔɪnt/
/əˈnɔɪnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they anoint | /əˈnɔɪnt/ /əˈnɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it anoints | /əˈnɔɪnts/ /əˈnɔɪnts/ |
| past simple anointed | /əˈnɔɪntɪd/ /əˈnɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle anointed | /əˈnɔɪntɪd/ /əˈnɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form anointing | /əˈnɔɪntɪŋ/ /əˈnɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- anoint somebody/something (with something) to put oil or water on somebody’s head or body as part of a religious ceremony
- The priest anointed her with oil.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAnoint is used with these nouns as the object:- king
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French enoint ‘anointed’, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inungere, from in- ‘upon’ + ungere ‘anoint, smear with oil’.Definitions on the go
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