To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.