(transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
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He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
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1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 9:6:
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And Fragrant Oils the ſtiffen'd Limbs anoint.
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1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 371, line 315: