Definitions for anoint

anoint a·noint

Spelling: [uh-noint]
IPA: /əˈnɔɪnt/

Anoint is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in anoint (ainnot).

Definitions for anoint

verb (used with object)

  1. to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  2. to smear with any liquid.
  3. to consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the token applying of oil:
  4. to dedicate to the service of God.

Origin of anoint

1300-50; Middle English anoynten, derivative of anoynt, enoynt (past participle) Old French enoint Latin inūnctus anointed (past participle of inungere), equivalent to in-

Examples for anoint

We privately see ourselves as queenly beings who get to decide which of our subjects to anoint with a knighthood.

The Republicans tend to anoint the next in line, and this time there is no heir apparent.

anoint me with the chrism of spontaneity that I may be ever worthy of thee.

They anoint the corpse with warm water and balsam, and it comes to life.

So be it, but I tell you that I will tear your city stone from stone, and anoint its ruins with your blood.

Father Huber pulled the white sheet down so he could anoint the forehead of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Let us learn to anoint our friends beforehand for their burial.

To strengthen the hair: "anoint it with the tooth of a donkey crushed in honey."

Could it be that by giving him St. Peter in Chains Benedict meant to anoint him?

They were about to anoint Charlie Wilson as one of their own.

Word Value for anoint
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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