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English
Etymology
From dis- + anoint.
Verb
disanoint (third-person singular simple present disanoints, present participle disanointing, simple past and past participle disanointed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To invalidate the consecration of.
to disanoint a king
1649, J M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: , London: Matthew Simmons, , published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC: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
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