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To anoint. [Obs.] Sir T. North.

unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

One who anoints.

The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton.

To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [Obs.] Milton.

Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.

To anoint. Shipley.

The anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.

To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate. [Archaic] Shak.

To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.

Swinish; brutal; cruel. In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Shak.

Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.] The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne.

The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans.

A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]

The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.

Crosswise; in the form of an X. "Anointed decussatively." Sir T. Browne.

phat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak.

To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm embalmed Israel. Gem. l. 2.