anoint
Example Sentences
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He chose to favor biology over meritocracy and anointed Commodus as his heir when the boy was only 5 years old.
Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.
Still, what makes Bublé the new king of Christmas music, if such a title can be anointed?
From MarketWatch
Putin has since anointed him “special presidential envoy on economic and investment cooperation with foreign countries.”
Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
