verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To anoint. archaic, poetic

   "They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil."

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"They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil."

Etymology

From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

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