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   Gild , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √234. See Gold.]
   To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. “Gilded chariots.” 
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   No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.
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   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.
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   To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
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   To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
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   This grand liquior that hath gilded them.
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