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Definition of Begild
1. Verb. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
Generic synonyms: Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Grace, Ornament
Derivative terms: Gilder, Gilding
Definition of Begild
1. v. t. To gild.
Definition of Begild
1. Verb. (transitive) To gild; to cover with gold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Begild
1. to gild [v BEGILT or BEGILDED, BEGILDING, BEGILDS] - See also: gild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begild
Literary usage of Begild
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"... your zeat~engage. , From active youth to venerable age, Ne'er did your tongue
begild a rotten ..."
2. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, Richard Niccols, John Higgins (1815)
"... looking for more ayde, But when none came, wee thought our selues begild: Such
Cornishmen as knew they were ..."
3. Turkey by Edson Lyman Clark, Wilfred C. Lay (1898)
"... and the sun on high was beginning to begild an irregular parallelogram on the
wainscot—when I started up and hastily drew on some clothes. ..."
4. The English Review (1847)
"... and the sun on high was beginning to begild an irregular parallelogram in the
wainscot, when I started up, and hastily drew on some clothes. ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"... How does it illuminate his motives; how begild even his empty purse !
We remember his admiration of high birth, his partiality for noble blood. ..."
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