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Thesaurus: gild

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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  1. v. t. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
  2. v. t. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
  3. v. t. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
  4. v. t. To make red with drinking.
  5. n. a formal association of people with similar interests
  6. v. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  7. v:100 v. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold