annoint

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English

Verb

annoint (third-person singular simple present annoints, present participle annointing, simple past and past participle annointed)

  1. Archaic form of anoint.
    • 1854, Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell, The Western journal of medicine and surgery (page 114)
      The proper way to use it is to annoint the edge of the lower lid with a small pencil, dipped in the salve, every night at bedtime.