gild
gild is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 20 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is gild.
- What is to make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull called?
- What is to give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak called?
- What is to make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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