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Webster 1913 Edition

Overgild

Oˊver-gild′

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
ofergyldan
.]
To gild over; to varnish.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overgild

OVERGILD'

,
Verb.
T.
To gild over; to varnish.

Definition 2024

overgild

overgild

English

Verb

overgild ‎(third-person singular simple present overgilds, present participle overgilding, simple past and past participle overgilded)

  1. (transitive) To cover with gilding.

Etymology

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan ‎(“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber ‎(“over”) + *gulþijaną ‎(“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- +‎ gild.

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