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anele

anele verb: to anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.

Verb

anele (third-person singular simple present aneles, present participle aneling, simple past and past participle aneled)

  1. (obsolete) To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.

Forms of anele

third-person singular presentaneles
present participleaneling
past participleaneled
pastaneled

Origin of anele

From Middle English anelen, anelien, from Middle English an- (“on”) + Middle English elen (“to anoint”), from Old English ēle (“oil”). Compare English anoil.

Words formed from anele

Questions about anele

What does anele mean?
Anele means to anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
What part of speech is anele?
Anele is a verb.
What is the past tense of anele?
The past tense of anele is aneled.

Words near anele in the dictionary

  1. anelaces
  2. anelastic
  3. anelastically
  4. anelasticities
  5. anelasticity
  6. anele
  7. anelectric
  8. anelectrics
  9. anelectrode
  10. anelectrodes
  11. anelectrotone

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