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anele
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[əˈniːl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- anoint (someone), especially as part of the Christian rite of giving extreme unction to the dying
(e.g: a priest would anele those whose sickness threatened them with a speedy death)
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Origin
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Middle English: from an- ‘on’ + archaic elien ‘to oil’ (from Old English ele, from Latin oleum ‘oil’)
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