英语词汇“anoint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

anointanoint /əˈnɔɪnt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYanoint

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inunguere, from unguere; ➔ UNGUENT

VERB TABLE

anoint

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	anoint
	he, she, it	anoints
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	anointed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have anointed
	he, she, it	has anointed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had anointed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will anoint
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have anointed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am anointing
	he, she, it	is anointing
	you, we, they	are anointing
Past	I, he, she, it	was anointing
	you, we, they	were anointing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been anointing
	he, she, it	has been anointing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been anointing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be anointing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been anointing

1to put oil or water on someone’s head or body during a religious ceremony2to choose someone for an important job: He still hasn’t anointed his successor.—anointment noun [countable, uncountable]