engild

verb

engild

verb

/ɪŋˈɡɪld/ · /ɛŋˈɡɪld/

Etymology From en- + gild.

1

To gild; to make splendid.

  • Fair Helena, who most engilds the night.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

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