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anoint

(/@/'n//Oi//nt )

choose by or as if by divine intervention(verb.cognition)

Example:
She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group.

source: wordnet30
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing(verb.body)

Synonym:
anele, embrocate, inunct, oil

source: wordnet30
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.(verb)

source: webster1913

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