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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
anoint .
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Examples
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Now this is, in effect, so; the body she anoints is as good as dead, and her kindness is very seasonable for that purpose; therefore rather than call it waste, put it upon that score.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Sanctified healing takes place when music moved by the love of God anoints our doctoring.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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He is trying to put the net under some new form of international governance among those he anoints as the good guys, our benevolent new overloads.
Jeff Jarvis: A Struggle Over the Sovereignty of the Net and Nations Jeff Jarvis 2011
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I ask if his corporate tax plan opens him up to criticism that he and President Obama are both favoring particular sectors of the economy, with Mr. Santorum picking manufacturing while Mr. Obama anoints green energy.
'Supply-Sider' for the Working Man James Freeman 2012
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He is trying to put the net under some new form of international governance among those he anoints as the good guys, our benevolent new overloads.
Jeff Jarvis: A Struggle Over the Sovereignty of the Net and Nations Jeff Jarvis 2011
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He is trying to put the net under some new form of international governance among those he anoints as the good guys, our benevolent new overloads.
Jeff Jarvis: A Struggle Over the Sovereignty of the Net and Nations Jeff Jarvis 2011
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Whether Washington calls firms "essential," or "systemic," or "nationally recognized" as in the case of credit-ratings agencies, the government always goes wrong when it anoints particular firms for special favors they can't secure in the market or before a judge.
'Essential' Bailouts 2010
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He is trying to put the net under some new form of international governance among those he anoints as the good guys, our benevolent new overloads.
Jeff Jarvis: A Struggle Over the Sovereignty of the Net and Nations Jeff Jarvis 2011
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Whoever she anoints as their candidate for 2012 will be the anointed one in 2012.
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He is trying to put the net under some new form of international governance among those he anoints as the good guys, our benevolent new overloads.
Jeff Jarvis: A Struggle Over the Sovereignty of the Net and Nations Jeff Jarvis 2011
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