begild
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[edit]begild (third-person singular simple present begilds, present participle begilding, simple past and past participle begilded or begilt)
- (transitive, dated, chiefly poetic) To cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
- 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, →OCLC:
- bride-laces begilt
- 1896, Marcus Samuel Cam Rickards, The Exiles, "Lux et Tenebris":
- thou […]
Whose splendour a tempest shrouds
Brings a vesper glory
To flame and begild the clouds
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[edit]References
[edit]- “begild”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.