pret. and pp. gilded or gilt.

To overlay with gold, either in leaf or powder, or in amalgam with quicksilver; to overspread with a thin covering of gold; as the gilt frame of a mirror. Her joy in gilded chariots when alive, And love of ombre after death survive.

To cover with any yellow matter.

To adorn with luster; to render bright. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.

To illuminate; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day.

To give a fair and agreeable external appearance; to recommend to favor and reception by superficial decoration; as, to gild flattery or falsehood.