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oints

oints is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 oints

What is oints the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oints is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oint.

Words near oints in the dictionary

  1. ointed
  2. ointing
  3. ointment
  4. ointmentlike
  5. ointments
  6. oints
  7. Oio
  8. oioxenous
  9. oipe
  10. oipes
  11. OIr

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