engild

 [en-gild]  

en·gild

   [en-gild]
verb (used with object)
to brighten with or as with golden light: rays of the sun engilding the city's towers.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see en-1, gild1
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engild

verb
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn: gild] 
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