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| Main Entry: |
anoint
 [uh-noint] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bless, usually with oil or water |
| Synonyms: | bless, consecrate, daub, embrocate, grease, hallow, rub, sanctify, smear |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, honor, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, laud, magnify, make holy, offer, offer benediction, ordain, panegyrize, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank |
| Antonyms: | condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | consecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high religious regard |
| Synonyms: | anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate |
| Antonyms: | deprecate |
Example Sentences
- The party's anointed candidate, the multimillionaire.
- Primary season is almost over, and a nominee will soon be anointed to take on the sitting president.
- They now appear to have anointed a surprising court philosopher.
| Main Entry: | dedicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
| Synonyms: | anoint, bless, consecrate, hallow, set apart |
| Antonyms: | alienate, desecrate, misuse |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike, perfect |
| Synonyms: | all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | embalm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preserve, immortalize |
| Synonyms: | anoint, cherish, consecrate, conserve, enshrine, freeze, lay out, mummify, prepare, process, store, treasure, wrap |
| Main Entry: | greasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slippery, oily |
| Synonyms: | anointed, creamy, daubed, fatty, lubricated, lubricious, oleaginous, pomaded, salved, slick, slimy*, slithery, smeared, swabbed, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hallowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, revered |
| Synonyms: | anointed, beatified, blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, enshrined, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | desecrated, irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified |
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