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Gild is defined as to cover with a thin layer of gold, or to make something more valuable or attractive.

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An example of gild is painting a statue with gold leafing.

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transitive verb gilded or gilt, gilding

1. to overlay with a thin layer of gold
2. to coat with a gold color
to make appear bright and attractive
to make (something) seem more attractive or more valuable than it is

Origin: ME gilden < OE gyldan < Gmc *gulthjan < *gultha (> Goth gulth, gold) + *-jan, caus. suffix

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gilder noun

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guild

See gild in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb gild·ed or gilt (gĭlt), gild·ing, gilds

To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
Archaic To smear with blood.

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Origin: Middle English gilden

Origin: , from Old English gyldan; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots

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gildˈer noun

noun

Variant of guild.

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