OINT

Etymology

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

(now rare, poetic) To anoint.

Anagrams

• -tion, INTO, Toni, into, noit, on it

Source: Wiktionary


Oint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ointed; p. pr & vb. n. Ointing.] Etym: [F. oint, p.p. of oindre, L. ungere. See Anoint, Ointment.]

Definition: To anoint. [Obs.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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