Usually means: To cover or adorn with gold.
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  1. begild: Merriam-Webster
  2. begild: Collins English Dictionary
  3. begild: Vocabulary.com
  4. begild: Wordnik
  5. begild: Wiktionary
  6. Begild, begild: Dictionary.com
  7. Begild: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. begild: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. begild: Rhymezone
  10. Begild: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. begild: FreeDictionary.org
  12. begild: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Begild: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (begild)

▸ verb:  (transitive, dated, chiefly poetic) To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).

Similar:
gild, engild, begold, regild, gilden, engolden, golden, begift, aurify, hell, more...

Opposite:
ungild, deglaze, strip, uncover, unplate

Types:
gild, adorn, bedeck, beset, decorate, endow, enrich, grace, ornament, more...

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Similar:
gild, engild, begold, regild, gilden, engolden, golden, begift, aurify, hell, more...

Opposite:
ungild, deglaze, strip, uncover, unplate

Types:
gild, adorn, bedeck, beset, decorate, endow, enrich, grace, ornament, more...



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