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Anoint vs Annointed - What's the difference?

anoint | annointed |

As verbs the difference between anoint and annointed

is that anoint is to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil while annointed is past tense of annoint.

anoint

English

Alternative forms

* annoint (nonstandard)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
  • * And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint . —Dryden.
  • * He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
  • (label) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
  • * Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
  • * Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
  • to choose or nominate somebody for an 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

    • Synonyms

    * salve

    Related terms

    {{rel3, inunction , ointment , unguent , Anointing of the Sick , }}

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    annointed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (annoint)

    • annoint

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard)
  • * 1854 , Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell, The Western journal of medicine and surgery (page 114)
    • The proper way to use it is to annoint the edge of the lower lid with a small pencil, dipped in the salve, every night at bedtime.