anoint. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

anoint

SYLLABICATION:	a·noint
PRONUNCIATION:	-noint
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English enointen, from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inunguere, innct- : in-, on; see in–² + unguere, to smear.
OTHER FORMS:	a·nointer —NOUN a·nointment —NOUN


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