anoint

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verb

1. choose by or as if by divine intervention
- She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. administer an oil or ointment to;
often in a religious ceremony of blessing
• Syn:
inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
• Derivationally related forms:
embrocation (for: embrocate), oil (for: oil), inunction (for: inunct), anointment, anointer
• Hypernyms:
bless
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inunct, oil, anele, embrocate