overgild

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- +‎ gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).

overgild (third-person singular simple present overgilds, present participle overgilding, simple past and past participle overgilded or overgilt)

1. (transitive) To cover with gilding.

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