01 v. t. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
imp. & p. p.
Gilded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gilding
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1.
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.“No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.” — Pope.
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2.
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.“Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day.” — Trumbull.
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3.
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
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4.
To make red with drinking.[Obs.]“This grand liquior that hath gilded them.” — Shak.