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begild

begild verb: to cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).

Verb

begild (third-person singular simple present begilds, present participle begilding, simple past and past participle begilded or begilt)

  1. (dated, poetic, transitive) To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
    • bride-laces begilta. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...
    • thou[…]
      Whose splendour a tempest shrouds
      Brings a vesper glory
      To flame and begild the clouds1896, Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards, The Exiles, "Lux et Tenebris"

Forms of begild

third-person singular presentbegilds
present participlebegilding
past participlebegilded
pastbegilded
past participlebegilt
pastbegilt

Origin of begild

From be- + gild.

Questions about begild

What does begild mean?
Begild means to cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
What part of speech is begild?
Begild is a verb.
What is the past tense of begild?
The past tense of begild is begilded.

Words near begild in the dictionary

  1. begift
  2. begifted
  3. begifting
  4. begifts
  5. begigged
  6. begild
  7. begilded
  8. begilding
  9. begilds
  10. begilt
  11. begin

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