To make FAT, rich, greasy — and so to anoint generously with oil. The point of cataloguing it is what it is NOT: mashach, the verb for anointing kings, priests and prophets, from which mashiach (Messiah) is formed. When Psalm 23:5 says 'you have dishanta my head with oil,' it describes a host oiling a guest at a feast, ordinary hospitality, not a consecration. The NWT's 'greased' is literal to the point of ugliness and right about the root; the KJV's 'anointest' imports precisely the sense the verb avoids. → first discussed at Psalms 23:5