overgild

[ oh-ver-gild ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·gild·ed or o·ver·gilt, o·ver·gild·ing.

1. to cover with gilding.
2. to tint with a golden color:

   morning sunlight that overgilds the rooftops.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overgild¹

before 1050; Middle English overgilden, Old English ofergyldan. See over-, gild ¹

Example Sentences

Wilt thou overgild fine gold Or dye the red rose redder?

From Project Gutenberg

She knew that they were talking about that old trouble, and Nahum Beals's voice of high wrath made her shrink; but, after all, she was removed from it all that night into a little prospective paradise of her own, which, as is the case in childhood, seemed to overgild her own future and all the troubles of the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilt thou overgild fine gold Or dye the red rose redder?

From Project Gutenberg