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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anoint \A*noint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anointed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Anointing}.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre fr L.
inungere in + ungere unguere to smear, anoint. See
{Ointment}, {Unguent}.]
1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance;
also to spread over as oil.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint.
--Dryden.
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
--John ix 6.
2. 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 --Exod.
xxix. 7.
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. --1 Kings xix.
15.
{The Lord's Anointed}, Christ or the Messiah; also a Jewish
or other king by ``divine right.'' --1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
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