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Webster 1913 Edition
Gild
Gild
(gĭld)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gilded
or Gilt
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Gilding
.] 1.
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
“Gilded chariots.” Pope.
No more the rising sun shall
gild
the morn. Pope.
2.
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild
the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.
3.
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish;
as, to
. gild
a lieShak.
4.
To make red with drinking.
[Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath
gilded
them. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Gild
GILD
,Verb.
T.
1.
To overlay with gold, either in leaf or powder, or in amalgam with quicksilver; to overspread with a thin covering of gold; as the gilt frame of a mirror. Her joy in gilded chariots when alive,
And love of ombre after death survive.
2.
To cover with any yellow matter.3.
To adorn with luster; to render bright. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.
4.
To illuminate; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day.
5.
To give a fair and agreeable external appearance; to recommend to favor and reception by superficial decoration; as, to gild flattery or falsehood.Definition 2025
gild
gild
English
Verb
gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)
- (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- (transitive) To adorn.
- (transitive) To make appear drunk.
Derived terms
- gild the lily
- gild the pill
Translations
to cover with a thin layer of gold
to adorn
to make appear drunk
Noun
gild (plural gilds)
- Alternative form of guild
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Romanization
gild
- Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳