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   Gild (gĭld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √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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