anoint

verbs

choose by or as if by divine intervention

"She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

anoint

is a type of (narrower)

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

"Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

choose, pick out, select, take

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil

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anointment

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anointer