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   anele

   /əˈniːl/

   verb

   • 1. anoint (someone), especially as part of the Christian rite of giving extreme unction to the dying: archaic "a priest would anele those whose sickness threatened them with a speedy death"

   Word Origin Middle English: from an- ‘on’ + archaic elien ‘to oil’ (from Old English ele, from Latin oleum ‘oil’).

   Scrabble Points: 5

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