begild

verb

begild

verb

Etymology From be- + gild.

1

Dated, Poetic To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).

bride-laces begilta. 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:
thou[…] Whose splendour a tempest shrouds Brings a vesper glory To flame and begild the clouds1896, Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards, The Exiles, "Lux et Tenebris":

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