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anoint
anoint is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
- 2transitive verb
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
- 3past participle
Anointed.
- 4verb
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- 5verb
choose by or as if by divine intervention
"She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
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