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▪ I. † aˈnoint, ppl. a. etc. Obs.
4–5. Also enoynt, anoynt.
[a. OFr. enoint:—L. inunct-um, pa. pple. of enoindre:—L. inung-ĕre. The pref. an-, is an AFr., or Eng. modification; it varied with en- to 1485. After formation of the vb. anoynt-en, anoynt remained for some time as its pa. pple., and even contracted pa. tense (cf. lift for lifted, etc.), till superseded by the regular anointed.]
Anointed. a. ppl. a.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7417 Þe prest þat ys a noynt. 1382Wyclif Numb. vi. 15 Thinne cakys..anoynt with oyle. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 2103 Who wrastleth best naked, with oyle enoynt [v.r. anoynt(e]. c1399Pol. Poems (1859) II. 12 My worthi noble prince and kyng enoignt.
b. pa. pple. or pa. tense of vb.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 7 He..anoynte hym, and swa he dyede. c1400Rom. Rose 1889 The God of Love it hadde anoynt With a precious oynement. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 1779 She enoynt his heved wele. c1450Lonelich Grail xvii. 133 That wownde he..anoynt ful softely.
▪ II. anoint, v.|əˈnɔɪnt|
Forms: 4–6 enoynt(e, 4–7 anoynt(e, 5 ennoynt, -oint, 5–6 annoynt, 6–7 -oint, 4– anoint.
[f. prec., which see. Though etymologically, an + oint, it was treated phonetically as if a + noint, and thus aphetized to noint, and illusively spelt in 16–17th c. an-noint (cf. annoy). Obs. by-forms: enoine, noint, oint. Anoint has partially replaced OE. smérian, smear, as a more refined and specialized synonym.]
I. To smear with an unguent.
1. To smear or rub over (medicinally or cosmetically) with oil or unguent; to oil, grease, apply ointment to.
a. To anoint the body, etc. with. arch.
1366Mandeville ii. 11 Oyle of Mercy for to anoynte with his Membres. 1393Gower Conf. III. 67 Thanne first he hath anointed With sondry herbes that figure. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, He was enoynted with an oyntement. 1483Caxton Cato C viij b, The scorpion and the honyflye the whyche anoynten before and prycken hard behynde. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. 11 With butter for to anoynt theyr necke. 1591Harington Ariost. Orl. Fur. 135 To noynt him selfe over with goates suet. 1611Bible Rev. iii. 18 Anoint thine eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see. [So in Revised.] 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 599 With Nectar she her son anoints.
†b. With the unguent as object. Obs.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 357/1 Wash chilblanes when they breake..and anoynte Terebinthine thereon. 1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. lxiv, The green Oile..that was first anointed and used between the barrel [of the Cannon]..and the Engine [for loading].
†c. With the unguent as subject. Obs.
1697Dryden Virgil (J.) Fragrant oils the stiffen'd limbs anoint.
d. intr. (refl. pron. omitted.)
1697Potter Antiq. Greece i. viii. (1715) 40 The Greeks usually Anointed before Meals.
2. spec. To apply or pour on oil, etc., as a religious ceremony:
a. at baptism, or on consecration to an office, as those of priest or sovereign.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 206 Enoynted he was als kyng. 1382Wyclif Acts iv. 27 Thi hooly child Jhesu, whom thou anoyntidest..for to do the thingis, that thin hond and thi counceil demiden for to don. 1450Myrc 670 Wassche þe chylde ouer þe font Þere he was anoynted in þe front. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 4 All kynges of fraunce ben enoynted at Raynes. 1611Bible Ex. xxviii. 41 Thou..shalt annoint them, and consecrate them..that they may minister vnto mee in the Priests office. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. 168 Here David was anointed king over the house of Judah.
†b. in extreme unction; = anele, anoil. Obs.
1366Mandeville 19 Thei anoynte not the seke men.
†3. fig.
a. To besmear with flattery; to ‘butter.’
c1400Rom. Rose 1057 These losengeris hem preyse and smylen, And thus the world with word anoynten. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour H v b, More worthe is the frend whiche prycketh than the flaterynge frend whiche enoynteth.
b. to anoint the hand: to bribe. (Sc. to creesh the luif.)
1566Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 102 Yea, the handis of our Lordis so liberallie war anoynted.
II. To moisten or rub.
4. To moisten or rub a surface with any substance. (Const. as in 1.)
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1446 Wyth besten blod busily anoynted. 1356Wyclif Last Age of Ch. (1840) 35 Wiþ his blood he anoyntide þe glas. c1460Towneley Myst. 23 Anoynt thi ship with pik. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. xvi. 102 Who someuer ennoynteth hym self with the blode. 1563T. Hill Gardening (1593) 73 The ashes of Dill..may profitably be annointed on moiste vlcers. 1611Bible John ix. 11 Iesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes. 1653Walton Angler 139 The box in which he put those worms was anointed with a drop, or two..of the oil of Ivy-berries. 1868Heavysege Jezebel i. 74 Neither for years shall be allowed to fall Dew to anoint the ground.
5. Hence ironically: To beat soundly, to ‘baste.’ (In the north they say humorously ‘to anoint with the sap of a hazel rod.’)
c1500Partenay 5653 The kyng away fly, Which so well was anoynted [Fr. si bien oingt] indede, That no sleue ne pane had he hole of brede. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 287 Seize a trusty staff..and anoint the back of the aggressor. |