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overgild

overgild verb: to cover with gilding.

Verb

overgild (third-person singular simple present overgilds, present participle overgilding, simple past and past participle overgilded or overgilt)

  1. (transitive) To cover with gilding.

Forms of overgild

third-person singular presentovergilds
present participleovergilding
past participleovergilded
pastovergilded
past participleovergilt
pastovergilt

Origin of overgild

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- + gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).

Questions about overgild

What does overgild mean?
Overgild means to cover with gilding.
What part of speech is overgild?
Overgild is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgild?
The past tense of overgild is overgilded.

Words near overgild in the dictionary

  1. overgesturing
  2. overget
  3. overgets
  4. overgetting
  5. overgifted
  6. overgild
  7. overgilded
  8. overgilding
  9. overgilds
  10. overgilt
  11. overgird

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