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anoiling

anoiling is the present participle and gerund of anoil.

Meaning of anoil

Verb

anoil (third-person singular simple present anoils, present participle anoiling, simple past and past participle anoiled)

  1. (obsolete) To anoint with oil.
    • Children were also christened, and men houseled and anoiled1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Questions about anoiling

What is anoiling the present participle and gerund of?
Anoiling is the present participle and gerund of anoil.

Words near anoiling in the dictionary

  1. anoikic
  2. anoikis
  3. anoikism
  4. anoil
  5. anoiled
  6. anoiling
  7. anoils
  8. anoint
  9. anointable
  10. anointed
  11. anointeds

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