Meanings
verbengild (third-person singular simple present engilds, present participle engilding, simple past and past participle engilded or engilt)
present singular third person engilds · participle present engilding · participle past engilded · past engilded · participle past engilt · past engilt
- transitiveTo gild; to make splendid.
Fair Helena, who most engilds the night.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdecorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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APA
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engild,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engild.
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