disanoint

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verb

To invalidate the consecration of.

“to disanoint a king”

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Meanings

verbdisanoint (third-person singular simple present disanoints, present participle disanointing, simple past and past participle disanointed)

present singular third person disanoints · participle present disanointing · participle past disanointed · past disanointed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo invalidate the consecration of.

    to disanoint a king

    1 more example

    after they have juggled and paltered with the world , bandied and borne arms against their king , divested him , disanointed him , nay , cursed him all over in their pulpits and their pamphlets

    1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC

Origin

From dis- + anoint.

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Chicago

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