Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gild
Participle: gilded
Gerund: gilding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gild |
| you | gild |
| he;she;it | gilds |
| we | gild |
| you | gild |
| they | gild |
Perfect
| I | have gilded; gilt |
| you | have gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | has gilded; gilt |
| we | have gilded; gilt |
| you | have gilded; gilt |
| they | have gilded; gilt |
Past
| I | gilded |
| you | gilded |
| he;she;it | gilded |
| we | gilded |
| you | gilded |
| they | gilded |
Pluperfect
| I | had gilded; gilt |
| you | had gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | had gilded; gilt |
| we | had gilded; gilt |
| you | had gilded; gilt |
| they | had gilded; gilt |
Future
| I | will gild |
| you | will gild |
| he;she;it | will gild |
| we | will gild |
| you | will gild |
| they | will gild |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gilded; gilt |
| you | will have gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | will have gilded; gilt |
| we | will have gilded; gilt |
| you | will have gilded; gilt |
| they | will have gilded; gilt |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gild |
| you | gild |
| he;she;it | gild |
| we | gild |
| you | gild |
| they | gild |
Perfect
| I | have gilded; gilt |
| you | have gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | have gilded; gilt |
| we | have gilded; gilt |
| you | have gilded; gilt |
| they | have gilded; gilt |
Imperfect
| I | gilded |
| you | gilded |
| he;she;it | gilded |
| we | gilded |
| you | gilded |
| they | gilded |
Pluperfect
| I | had gilded; gilt |
| you | had gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | had gilded; gilt |
| we | had gilded; gilt |
| you | had gilded; gilt |
| they | had gilded; gilt |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gild |
| you | would gild |
| he;she;it | would gild |
| we | would gild |
| you | would gild |
| they | would gild |
Perfect
| I | would have gilded; gilt |
| you | would have gilded; gilt |
| he;she;it | would have gilded; gilt |
| we | would have gilded; gilt |
| you | would have gilded; gilt |
| they | would have gilded; gilt |
Imperative
| you | gild |
| we | Let's gild |
| you | gild |
Verbs similar to 'gild'
geld,
gill,
gird,
gold,
wild,
aid,
ail,
bald,
begild,
bid,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Cf. Old English weak verbs byldan (build), gyldan (gild), bendan (bend), rendan (rend), sendan (send), scendan (shend),
spendan (spend), wendan (wend).
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
gyldan, from P.Gmc.
*gulthianan (cf. O.N.
gylla "to guild"), from
*gulthan "gold." Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded. The quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily."
2. From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”). See: Old English '
gyldan', Proto-Germanic '
*gulþijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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To return to Boston. When I got into the streets upon this Sunday morning, the air was so clear, the houses were so bright and gay: the signboards were painted in such gaudy colours; the gilded letters were so very golden; the bricks were so very red, the stone was so very white, the blinds and area railings were so very green, the knobs and plates upon the street doors so marvellously [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] a deadly evil. It is a sin to hold a slave under laws like ours,—I always felt it was,—I always thought so when I was a girl,—I thought so still more after I joined the church; but I thought I could gild it over,—I thought, by kindness, and care, and instruction, I could make the condition of mine better than freedom—fool that I was ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] is by no means so clean a city as Boston, but many of its streets have the same characteristics; except that the houses are not quite so fresh-coloured, the sign-boards are not quite so gaudy, the gilded letters not quite so golden, the bricks not quite so red, the stone not quite so white, the blinds and area railings not quite so green, the knobs and plates upon the street doors not quite so [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] with having dared to assert the infamy of that traffic, which has for its accursed merchandise men and women, and their unborn children. Yes. And publicly exhibited in the same city all the while; gilded, framed and glazed hung up for general admiration; shown to strangers not with shame, but pride; its face not turned towards the wall, itself not taken down and burned; is the Unanimous Declaration [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Midnight and sleep blot out these scenes and thoughts: and when the morning shines again, it gilds the house-tops of a lively city, before whose broad paved wharf the boat is moored; with other boats, and flags, and moving wheels, and hum of men around it; as though there were not a solitary or [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Another prominent feature is the love of ‘smart ’ dealing: which gilds over many a swindle and gross breach of trust; many a defalcation, public and private; and enables many a knave to hold his head up with the best, who well deserves a halter; though it has not been [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)