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   Gild

   /ɡild/

   

   verb

   • 1. cover thinly with gold: "in 1436 he gilded and painted statues for Bruges Town Hall" Similar cover with goldpaint goldlacquer goldinlay with gold
   • ▪ give a specious or false brilliance to: "they gild the facts until the truth all but vanishes"

   Word Origin Old Englishgyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gilder noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • G

     2

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

     2

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