Thesaurus: gild

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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. 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.
8. v:100 v. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold