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gilded the pill

gilded the pill is the simple past and past participle of gild the pill.

Meaning of gild the pill

Verb

gild the pill (third-person singular simple present gilds the pill, present participle gilding the pill, simple past and past participle gilded the pill)

  1. Synonym of sugarcoat the pill.
    • For he who'd make his fellow-creatures wise / Should always gild the philosophic pill!1888, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Yeomen of the Guard […] , London: Chappel & Co., […], published c. 1911, page 17

Questions about gilded the pill

What is gilded the pill the simple past and past participle of?
Gilded the pill is the simple past and past participle of gild the pill.

Words near gilded the pill in the dictionary

  1. gilded cages
  2. Gilded Chamber
  3. gilded flicker
  4. gilded flickers
  5. gilded the lily
  6. gilded the pill
  7. gilden
  8. gildens
  9. gilder
  10. Gilderoy
  11. gilders

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