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Webster 1913 Edition


Gild

Gild

(gĭld)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gilded
or
Gilt
([GREEK]);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gilding
.]
[AS.
gyldan
, from
gold
gold. √234. See
Gold
.]
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 lie
.
Shak.
4.
To make red with drinking.
[Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath
gilded
them.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Gild

GILD

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. gilded or gilt.
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 2024


gild

gild

English

Verb

gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
  2. (transitive) To adorn.
  3. (transitive) To make appear drunk.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

gild (plural gilds)

  1. Alternative form of guild

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Romanization

gild

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳