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ointed

ointed is the simple past and past participle of oint.

Meaning of oint

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To anoint.
    • They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Questions about ointed

What is ointed the simple past and past participle of?
Ointed is the simple past and past participle of oint.

Words near ointed in the dictionary

  1. oinology
  2. oinomancy
  3. oinomania
  4. oinomel
  5. oint
  6. ointed
  7. ointing
  8. ointment
  9. ointmentlike
  10. ointments
  11. oints

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