Synonyms:
anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
Meaning: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Synonyms:
anoint
Meaning: choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
Usage examples
"'Arise, anoint him, for this is he.'
When the Wakondyo, a tribe of Central Africa, desire rain, they send to the Wawamba, who dwell at the foot of snowy mountains, and are the happy possessors of a "rain-stone." In consideration of a proper payment, the Wawamba wash the precious stone, anoint it with oil, and put it in a pot full of water.