overgild

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verb

To cover with gilding.

OriginMiddle English overgilden ← Old English ofergyldan ← Proto-Germanic *uber →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person overgilds · participle present overgilding · participle past overgilded · past overgilded · participle past overgilt · past overgilt

  1. transitiveTo cover with gilding.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*uber“over”
  2. Old Englishofergyldan“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”
  3. Middle Englishovergilden
  4. Englishovergild

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”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overgild,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overgild.

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