anoint

/əˈnɔɪnt/ v [T]

Definition

› to put water or oil on someone in a religious ceremony: The archbishop was anointed in a ceremony at the cathedral. › Anoint also means to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose; designate: He anointed his eldest son as his successor. They anointed broadband as the Next Great Thing.

(Definition of anoint v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)