Anoint

v. apply or rub oil or ointment; rub oil on a person's head or feet as part of a religious ceremony (such as in a Christian baptism); smear with a liquid; ordain a person ceremonially or officially in office or to function, anele

To anoint is to grease with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a process employed ritually by many religions and races. People and things are anointed to symbolize the introduction of a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, spirit or power. It can also be seen as a spiritual mode of ridding persons and things of dangerous influences and diseases, especially of the demons (Persian drug, Greek κηρες, Armenian dev) which are believed to be or cause those diseases.
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Verb
1. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
(synonym) inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
(hypernym) bless
(derivation) anointing, anointment

(v. t.)
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
  

(v. t.)
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
  

(p. p.)
Anointed.
  

The holy element of a coronation ceremony where holy oils were applied to the heir's body (usually the head) to seal the divine nature of the kingship.
- 15th century coronation ceremony