gild
Meaning
Verb
- To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- To adorn.
- To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- To make appear drunk.
Origin
- From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.
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