from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
verb
To overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold.
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To give money to.
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To give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to.
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To make bloody.
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verb-transitive
Archaic To smear with blood.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
idiom
Gild the lily To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Gild the lily To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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