Definition of Anoint

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Definition of Anoint
	Anoint To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. Anointed. Related Definitions: Also, An, Anointed, Apply, As, Consecration, Especially, For, Oil, Or, Over, Pour, Rite, Rub, Sacred, Smear, Spread, Substance, To, Unctuous, Upon, With

Anoint Quotations

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Ambrose Bierce

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'
Chuck D.

The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there.
Julius Wellhausen

Anoint Translations

anoint in Dutch is smeren, doorsmeren, sauzen, besmeren
anoint in Finnish is voidella
anoint in French is enduire
anoint in Spanish is ungir

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