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overgilt

overgilt is the simple past and past participle of overgild.

Meaning of overgild

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.

Questions about overgilt

What is overgilt the simple past and past participle of?
Overgilt is the simple past and past participle of overgild.

Words near overgilt in the dictionary

  1. overgifted
  2. overgild
  3. overgilded
  4. overgilding
  5. overgilds
  6. overgilt
  7. overgird
  8. overgirded
  9. overgirding
  10. overgirds
  11. overgirt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overgilt (page history and authors); overgild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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