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self-anoint

self-anoint verb: of an animal: to smear odoriferous secretions or substances over itself, for various purposes such as medication or camouflage.

Verb

self-anoint (third-person singular simple present self-anoints, present participle self-anointing, simple past and past participle self-anointed)

  1. Of an animal: to smear odoriferous secretions or substances over itself, for various purposes such as medication or camouflage.

Forms of self-anoint

third-person singular presentself-anoints
present participleself-anointing
past participleself-anointed
pastself-anointed

Origin of self-anoint

From self- + anoint.

Questions about self-anoint

What does self-anoint mean?
Self-anoint means of an animal: to smear odoriferous secretions or substances over itself, for various purposes such as medication or camouflage.
What part of speech is self-anoint?
Self-anoint is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-anoint?
The past tense of self-anoint is self-anointed.

Words near self-anoint in the dictionary

  1. self-annihilate
  2. self-annihilated
  3. self-annihilates
  4. self-annihilating
  5. self-annihilation
  6. self-anoint
  7. self-anointed
  8. self-anointing
  9. self-anoints
  10. self-antigen
  11. self-antigens

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