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Gild The Lily Crossword Clue

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verb

• do something to an excessive degree

32%4 What some gild
noun

• any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

32%5Gild
verb

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

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