▪ I. anele, v. arch.
(əˈniːl)
Forms: 4 aneli, -ye, 4–6 aneyle, 5 enele, 6 aneil, -eele, anneyle, -el, 6–7 aneal(e, anneal, 4– anele.
[orig. aneli-en, f. an- prefix 1 on + eli-en to oil, f. OE. ele, œle, oil:—*oli, ad. L. oleum. Cf. anoil.]
1. To anoint (chiefly as a religious rite).
| c 1315 Shoreham 44 Me schel the mannes lenden anelye. 1642 Jer. Taylor Episcop. (1647) 205 Dispensation..vt baptizatos Vnguant, to aneale baptized people. 1649 ― Gt. Exemp. xv. §11 Mary Magdalen thought it not good enough to anneal his sacred feet. 1875 Farrar Sil. & Voices x. 171 The love of Mary..led her to..anele with precious spikenard her Saviour's feet. |
2. spec. To give the last anointing or extreme unction to the dying. (See aneling.)
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11269 Many..seye, Anele hem nat but þey shulde deye. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 337/4 He dyde doo calle his Abbot and dyd hym to be eneled or enoynted. 1494 Fabyan vii. 318 Chyldren were crystened..& men houselyd & anelyd. 1530 Palsgr. 431/1, I aneele a sicke man..Jenhuylle. 1558 Bp. Watson 7 Sacr. xxx. 193 Priestes or Priest..to praye ouer you, and to aneyle you. 1853 Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 79 For aneling those whose sickness threatened them with speedy death. |
▪ II. anele
obs. form of anneal, anhele.