To anoint, to rub or daub (a part of the body) with oil, grease, or some similar preparation. Said also of the oil, etc. In later use with…

transitive. To anoint (a person) with oil for religious or ceremonial purposes; spec. to give (a dying person) the sacrament of extreme unction…

transitive. To smear or rub (a person, a part of the body, etc.) with oil, ointment, or another soft substance, for medicinal or cosmetic…

transitive. To smear with oil, ointment, etc.; to anoint. Also intransitive.

To anoint with fragrant, soothing, or cleansing oil or other liquid. Obsolete.

transitive. = anoint, v. Now poetic and Caribbean.

transitive. To put salve upon; to anoint.

To rub lightly, esp. with an unguent or the like; to smear, grease. Also with over. Also to smear (an unguent, etc.) upon something.

To smear, anoint. Obsolete. rare.

To inunct or anoint.

transitive. To anoint; to besmear (arrows) with poison; to anoint with ointment.

transitive. To treat with an unguent; to anoint.

transitive. To smear, anoint.

gen. To oil or grease.