begild

English

Etymology

be- +‎ gild

Verb

begild (third-person singular simple present begilds, present participle begilding, simple past and past participle begilded or begilt)

1. (transitive, dated, chiefly poetic) To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
   • a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

     bride-laces begilt

   • 1896, Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards, The Exiles, "Lux et Tenebris":

     thou […]
     Whose splendour a tempest shrouds
     Brings a vesper glory
     To flame and begild the clouds

Derived terms

• unbegilt

 

References

• “begild”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bilged