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verb

Anoint v. t. (past & past part. anointed; pres. part. anointing)

To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. "And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint." "He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay."

To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. "Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his (Aaron's) head and anoint him." "Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria."

The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right."

Anoint past part. Anointed. (Obs.)

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"Anoint" Quotes from Famous Books

... small jar of ointment for the price of one thousand pieces of gold, being as yet ignorant of the power and virtues of the ointment, rejoice, for thy faith and liberality are not wasted. Whensoever thou shalt anoint thine eyes with the ointment in this jar, for the space of three hours afterwards thou shalt see through all solid substances that lie fifty feet in front of thee as though, instead of being opaque and dense as stone ...

— Tales of the Caliph • H. N. Crellin

... may anoint unripe fruits, and puncture(44) them, till new year's day. Unripe fruit of the eve of the Sabbatical year which is just entering on the Sabbatical year, and unripe fruit of the Sabbatical year which is proceeding to the close of the Sabbatical year, they may neither anoint nor puncture. Rabbi Jehudah ...

— Hebrew Literature

... temptation and thoughts which tear the heart! But if it must be so—for why should you die?—I have an ointment here; I made it from the magic ice-flower which sprang from Prometheus' wound, above the clouds on Caucasus, in the dreary fields of snow. Anoint yourself with that, and you shall have in you seven men's strength; and anoint your shield with it, and neither fire nor sword can harm you. But what you begin you must end before sunset, for its virtue lasts only one day. And anoint your helmet with it before you sow the serpents' teeth; and ...

— The Heroes • Charles Kingsley

... Empire, when ladies had a habit of rubbing in their hands a round ball made of a mixture of amber, musk, and sweet-scented flowers. The Jews, who were also devoted to sweet scents, used them in their sacrifices, and also to anoint themselves before their repasts. The Scythian ladies went a step farther, and after pounding on a stone cedar, cypress, and incense, made up the ingredients thus obtained into a thick paste, with which they smeared their ...

— Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... which one was born acts most potently? Which is the Christian who, in a battle against the Turks, will not address himself to the Holy Virgin rather than to Mohammed? It is added that a pigeon brought the holy phial in its beak to anoint Clovis, and that an angel brought the oriflamme to lead him; prejudice believed all the little stories of this kind. Those who understand human nature know well that Clovis the usurper and Rolon (or Rol) the usurper turned Christian in order to govern the Christians more surely, ...

— Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary • Voltaire

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