Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo 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. · To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor. · To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
From Middle English enointen, anointen, borrowed from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre (“to anoint”). Doublet of inunct.
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