Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cover with gilding.

Origin

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn

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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Forms

overgilds, overgilding, overgilded, overgilded
Base formovergild · to overgild
3rd person singularovergilds
Present participleovergilding
Past simpleovergilded / overgilt
Past participleovergilded / overgilt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovergild
he, she, itovergilds

Past simpleLesson

all personsovergilded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overgilded
he, she, ithas overgilded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overgild

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overfilloverflowovergrazingoverhangoverhaul
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