disanoint

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ anoint.

Verb

disanoint (third-person singular simple present disanoints, present participle disanointing, simple past and past participle disanointed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To invalidate the consecration of.

   to disanoint a king

   • 1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC:

     after they have juggled and paltered with the world , bandied and borne arms against their king , divested him , disanointed him , nay , cursed him all over in their pulpits and their pamphlets

References

• “disanoint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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