What does "gild" mean?
Gild: To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.
Additional senses
- 2.To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak.
- 3.To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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