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Synonyms for anoint
əˈnɔɪntanoint
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Princeton's WordNet
anointverb
choose by or as if by divine intervention
"She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocateverb
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
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anointverb
Synonyms:
smear, rub over with oil or unctuous matteranointverb
Synonyms:
consecrate by unction
How to use anoint in a sentence?
I don't believe any one person anoints a successor. It doesn't work like that. It may have worked like that many, many years ago, but it hasn't worked like that in a long time, so I don't think that I have the ability to anoint someone as my successor, but I certainly at the appropriate time will make it known who I will cast my vote for.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:
I think the whole race changed last night. Because you know there was a march among the chattering class to anoint Sen. Rubio.
Had it not been for Rafsanjani, Khamenei would have never become supreme leader. Those close to Rafsanjani say he rues the day he helped anoint Khamenei, they are the epitome of frenemies.
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- смазвам, намазвамBulgarian
- ölen, salben, schmierenGerman
- επαλείφω, χρίω, μυρώνωGreek
- sanktoleadoEsperanto
- ungirSpanish
- voidellaFinnish
- étaler, étendre, oindre, enduireFrench
- felkenHungarian
- օծելArmenian
- oliare, impomatare, ungere, oleareItalian
- משחהHebrew
- ಅಭಿಷೇಕKannada
- whakawahiMāori
- zalvenDutch
- ungir, untarPortuguese
- hawiyQuechua
- смазывать, помазывать, помазать, мазать, смазатьRussian
- namazati, pomazati, намазати, помазатиSerbo-Croatian
- எண்ணெய் பூசிTamil
- అభిషేకముTelugu
- 膏Chinese
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