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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gild \Gild\, 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. 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 --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gilding n : a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn: {gilt}]
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