anoint

Verb
  1. Choose by or as if by divine intervention (synset 200677331)
    "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
    is a type of: choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
  2. Administer an oil or ointment to;
    Often in a religious ceremony of blessing (synset 200085379)
    is a type of: bless - give a benediction to
    same as: anele, embrocate, inunct, oil

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