Dictionary Entry
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
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Common Phrases
themselves anointanoint shalt
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Poetry examples for “anoint”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Arise and wash away thy sin,
Anoint thy head and wash thy face,
Thy gracious course begin.