to gild

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deaurate
begild
to make appear drunk
to adorn
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie
To make red with drinking
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
{v} to wash over with gold adorn, set off
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf
{f} cover with a thin layer of gold; make golden; decorate, embellish, give the appearance of beauty to (especially in order to deceive)
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold
If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint. Carve the names and gild them. gilded statues. Variant of guild
a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
to gild
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