Gild
Gild (gild) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon gyldan, from gold gold. r234. 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.
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.
2.
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day.
3.
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. — Shakespeare
4.
To make red with drinking. [Obsolete]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them.