overgild
English
Etymology
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”).
Verb
overgild (third-person singular simple present overgilds, present participle overgilding, simple past and past participle overgilded or overgilt)
- (transitive) To cover with gilding.
Anagrams
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