overgild
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cover with gilding.
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to tint with a golden color.
morning sunlight that overgilds the rooftops.
Etymology
Origin of overgild
before 1050; Middle English overgilden, Old English ofergyldan. See over-, gild 1
Example Sentences
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Without this silver nor gold nor latten nor copper may be overgilt.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
And this church is full richly wrought and, all overgilt within.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir
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