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- verb archaic To
anoint , especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader. - verb Ayurvedic medicine To
lubricate .
Etymologies
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First appears in Middle English circa 1425, derived from Latin unctus ("anointed") and related terms. Ayurvedic sense is one of several competing translations of Sanskrit snehana.
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