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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