gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
has gilt
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present perfectof gild (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We represent lightning by passing the wire in the dark over a China plate that has gilt flowers, or applying it to gilt frames of looking-glasses, etc.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
Soon through the smoky haze, The park begins to raise Its outlines clearer into daylit prose: Ever with fresh amaze The sleepless fountains praise Morn, that has gilt the city as it gilds the rose.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
