anoint
verb (used with object)
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
has anointed
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present perfectof anoint (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the course of a whirlwind four weeks, every wing of the parliamentary Labour Party has anointed him as the only person able to reverse their electoral predicament.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Now, the ruling Conservative Party has anointed Sunak as her successor.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2022
Besides elevating Latouf to global safety chief, Hyundai has anointed a new vice president for safety to try to ensure that safety is taken more fully into account in the design of new vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
He has anointed fossils “the pre-photography time-recording device” and called photography “a process of making fossils out of the present.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
But the Pope has anointed him, and Napoleon is now Emperor of that shadowy Holy Roman Empire, for which in the past rivers of blood have been shed.
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
