anele

American

[uh-neel] / əˈnil /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

aneled, aneling

to administer extreme unction to.

anele British

/ əˈniːl /

verb

archaic (tr) to anoint, esp to give extreme unction to

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Etymology

Origin of anele

1275–1325; Middle English anelien, equivalent to an- on + elien to oil, equivalent to el- ( Old English ele oil < Latin oleum ) + -i- thematic vowel + -en ( Old English -an ) infinitive ending

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aneled

Assub, he seith, is thilke same, The which in sondry place is founde, Whanne it is falle doun to grounde, So as the fyr it hath aneled, Lich unto slym which is congeled.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

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