Meanings
verbbegild (third-person singular simple present begilds, present participle begilding, simple past and past participle begilded or begilt)
present singular third person begilds · participle present begilding · participle past begilded · past begilded · participle past begilt · past begilt
- datedpoetictransitiveTo cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
bride-laces begilt
a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC1 more example
thou[…] Whose splendour a tempest shrouds Brings a vesper glory To flame and begild the clouds
1896, Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards, The Exiles, "Lux et Tenebris"
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdecorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech pozlatit
- pozlatitto cover with gold
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APA
begild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begild
MLA
“begild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begild. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begild,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begild.
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