What is to give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak called?
gild — To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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