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🥇 To cover with gold ✨ To make look better
to regild

to regild

8.6
To cover something with gold again by putting on a new coat
  • verb
  • /rɪˈɡɪld/
translation icon : re dorar
  • The artisans were hired to regild the ancient statue to restore its former glory.
  • regilding the dome

Examples

  • Would you mind having him regild this buckle with silver?

    The Good Earth (1937)

  • After the storm, they decided to regild the weathered signs on the historic building.

  • The museum plans to regild the golden frame of the painting to bring back its original shine.

Synonyms

to gild
vsto regild
5 7.0

Cover an object with a thin layer of gold or metal that looks like gold

does the same action again rather than as the first application
to gold-plate
vsto regild
  • Specialized
2 5.5

To put a thin layer of gold on something

performs that coating again rather than applying it first time
to goldplate
vsto regild
  • Specialized
6.5

To cover an object with a thin layer of gold

does that same process again rather than on new items
to engild
vsto regild
  • Archaic
9.9

To cover something with gold or thin gold leaf

does that decoration again instead of the initial covering
to begild
vsto regild
  • Archaic
9.9

To put thin gold or gold leaf on something

repeats that decorative covering rather than being the first application
to aurify
vsto regild
9.9

To make something look golden

does that change again using actual metal rather than only color

Antonyms

to strip
  • Specialized
15 6.3

Remove a substance or part from material like soil

How Gilded

to gold-plate
  • Specialized
2 5.5
to regild
8.6
to gild
5 7.0

Surface Forms

regild infinitive
regilded past
regilded past participle
regilding present participle
regilds third person singular

Morphology

regild = gild (transparent) = re + gild

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'gild'.

Etymology

Regild comes from re- 'again' and gild 'to cover with gold'. So to regild something is to 'cover it with gold again', like when craftsmen restore a statue or a dome to make it shine.