inunctv.
/ɪˈnʌŋkt/ rare.
transitive. To anoint; to besmear (arrows) with poison; to anoint with ointment.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > injure by means of poison [verb (transitive)] > render poisonous
avenomc1314
envenomc1325
venomc1350
empoison?c1450
poisona1470
inunct1513
embane1587
venenate1623
transvenoma1667
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot (arrow) [verb (transitive)] > smear (arrow) with poison
inunct1513
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with unguent
smearc825
enoil1340
anointa1375
ointa1382
balm1398
nointa1400
ensalvec1485
strake1506
grimec1580
inungate1599
inunct1623
unguent1656
illite1657
lubricate1791
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xii. 106 To graith and til invnct a castyng dart, And with vennom to garnys the steil hedis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. iii. 47 Thow Ismarus..eik thar mycht men the se, Invnctand venemus schaftis.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inuncted, anoynted.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 76 The patients..were compelled to inunct themselves in a most thorough manner.
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- well-leaved
- well-led
- well-left
- well-legged
- well-lengthed
- well-lettered
- well-lighted
- well-like
- well-liked
- well-liking
- well-limbed
- well-limned
- well-lined
- well-liquored
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- well-liveried
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- well-loaded
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- well-looked
- well-looked-after
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