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.
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.