Begold
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To cover with or as with gold. transitive
"I wore a long dressing gown of palish purple spattered with gold flowers and beneath it a green waistcoat, also begolded, and on my head a fantastic headdress of red and gold; also white trousers; [...]"
- 2 To make like gold; golden. transitive
"[...] as the mellowed north winds tone forth their vestal hymns upon rustling leaf-keys; sunsets that bepurple the azure; sunrises that begold the horizon; moonlights that besilver the river? Who would not have of these?"
Synonyms
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More examples"I wore a long dressing gown of palish purple spattered with gold flowers and beneath it a green waistcoat, also begolded, and on my head a fantastic headdress of red and gold; also white trousers; [...]"
Etymology
From be- + gold.
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