Begild
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To gild: as, “bride-laces
begilt,” B. Jonson
, King's Entertainment.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To gild.
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verb.
To
gild
; to cover with
gold
.
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verb.
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Word Usage
"And then as regarded fashion, it might perhaps not be beyond the power of a Mrs Proudie to begild the word with a newly burnished gilding."
Form
begilded
begilt
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
adorn
beautify
decorate
embellish
grace
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
apply paint
aurify
bedaub
bedizen
besmear