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▪ I. anele, v. arch.|əˈniːl| Forms: 4 aneli, -ye, 4–6 aneyle, 5 enele, 6 aneil, -eele, anneyle, -el, 6–7 aneal(e, anneal, 4– anele. [orig. aneli-en, f. an- prefix 1 on + eli-en to oil, f. OE. ele, œle, oil:—*oli, ad. L. oleum. Cf. anoil.] 1. To anoint (chiefly as a religious rite).
c1315Shoreham 44 Me schel the mannes lenden anelye. 1642Jer. Taylor Episcop. (1647) 205 Dispensation..vt baptizatos Vnguant, to aneale baptized people. 1649― Gt. Exemp. xv. §11 Mary Magdalen thought it not good enough to anneal his sacred feet. 1875Farrar Sil. & Voices x. 171 The love of Mary..led her to..anele with precious spikenard her Saviour's feet. 2. spec. To give the last anointing or extreme unction to the dying. (See aneling.)
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11269 Many..seye, Anele hem nat but þey shulde deye. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 337/4 He dyde doo calle his Abbot and dyd hym to be eneled or enoynted. 1494Fabyan vii. 318 Chyldren were crystened..& men houselyd & anelyd. 1530Palsgr. 431/1, I aneele a sicke man..Jenhuylle. 1558Bp. Watson 7 Sacr. xxx. 193 Priestes or Priest..to praye ouer you, and to aneyle you. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 79 For aneling those whose sickness threatened them with speedy death. ▪ II. anele obs. form of anneal, anhele. |