Anoint has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
choose by or as if by divine intervention
"She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
2
administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
3
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
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