anoint
verb (used with object)
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
have anointed
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present perfectof anoint.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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The impromptu song lyrics have anointed Nootbaar as a Samurai and refer to him by his middle name — Tatsuji — which is his grandfather’s name.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Take that crown off the head of Sean McVay — a Shanahan protege, by the way — or anyone else you may have anointed prematurely.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
But I think we want to hear what this person we have anointed a genius has to say about what he did.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2019
They have anointed Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina as their leader and principal spokesman.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2017
In both these passages, the teaching seems to be, that the body of the full-grown spiritual man is radiant or luminous,-for those at least, who have anointed their eyes wit! eye-salve, so that they see.
From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Charles Johnston
