1.  anoint(v = verb.cognition) - choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

2.  anoint(v = verb.body) anele, embrocate, inunct, oil - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing;
is one way to bless
Derived forms noun anointer₁, noun anointment₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something

1.  To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. [1913 Webster]
"And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint." [1913 Webster]
"He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay." [1913 Webster]

2.  To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. [1913 Webster]
"Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him." [1913 Webster]
"Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria." [1913 Webster]

   Anointed. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

anoint, v.tr.
1 apply oil or ointment to, esp. as a religious ceremony (e.g. at baptism, or the consecration of a priest or king, or in ministering to the sick).
2 (usu. foll. by with) smear, rub.

Derivative:
anointer n.

Etymology:
ME f. AF anoint (adj.) f. OF enoint past part. of enoindre f. L inungere (as IN-(2), ungere unct- smear with oil)

VB  perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle, anoint, confirm, lay hands on, give the sacrament, administer the sacrament, administer extreme unction, hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive, excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle, attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass, take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion, communicate, receive extreme unction, confess, go to confession, receive penance, anele, preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.

VB  cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.