gilden
verbEtymology From gild + -en.
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Ambitransitive To make or become golden or gilded
- A little of his pleasure was in the anticipation of seeing Southern Italy in bloom, now that spring is there. But George had a cold. He went to the Moses Taylor hospital. Next week when the great ship docks in Southern Italy, perhaps the sun will be gildening, there will be color and laughter at the dock, for the Italians are a happy race; but George will not be there.1936, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers' Journal, page 70:
- Cover of Gospel book with relic of Holy Cross made of Silver, gildened with enamel rosettas.1969, John Rekem, Zobor, the mount and the monastery, page 51:
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- You were mine: In your early morning's gildening ray I first became aware of bliss and pain, - Pure like a pearl.1992, Stella M. Hryniuk, Twenty Years of Multiculturalism: Successes and Failures, page 137: