From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt}
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold.
[root]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.
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No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
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2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
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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. --Shak.
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4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
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This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilded
adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn:
{aureate}, {gilded}, {gilt}, {gold}, {golden}]
2: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: {gilded},
{meretricious}, {specious}]
3: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: {deluxe}, {gilded}, {grand}, {luxurious},
{opulent}, {princely}, {sumptuous}]
4: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn:
{gold}, {golden}, {gilded}]
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