| Anoint 1. (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. 2. (v. t.) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. 3. (p. p.) Anointed. Thesaurus Entries administer the Eucharist, beeswax, chair, chrism, confirm, crown, daub, do duty, dope, dose, dress, drug, embrocate, enthrone, glycerolate, grease, grease the wheels, impose, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, lard, lay hands on, lubricate, medicate, minister, officiate, oil, perform a rite, perform service, place, place in office, pomade, put in, salve, slick, slick on, smear, smooth the way, soap the ways, throne, unguent, wax |