Gild (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold
gold. √234. See Gold.] 1. To
overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color;
to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots."
Pope.
No more the rising sun shall gild the
morn.
Pope.
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to
brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day.
Trumbull.
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward
appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
Shak.
4. To make red with drinking.
[Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath gilded
them.
Shak.