engild

English

Etymology

en- +‎ gild

Verb

engild (third-person singular simple present engilds, present participle engilding, simple past and past participle engilded)

  1. (transitive) To gild; to make splendid.
    • Shakespeare
      Fair Helena, who most engilds the night.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for engild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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