engild

English

Etymology

en- +‎ gild

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈɡɪld/, /ɛŋˈɡɪld/

Verb

engild (third-person singular simple present engilds, present participle engilding, simple past and past participle engilded)

1. (transitive) To gild; to make splendid.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Fair Helena, who most engilds the night.

References

• “engild”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dingle, dingle, elding, gilden, ingled