gild — OET · Shobdo

gild

verb

1 the Romans would gild the ceilings of their temples and palaces:

cover with gold, paint gold, lacquer gold, inlay with gold.

2 there was no need to gild the truth:

elaborate, embellish, embroider, sugar-coat, window-dress, camouflage, disguise, dress up, touch up, ginger up, colour, exaggerate, catastrophize, enlarge on, expand on;

informal jazz up.

gild (1) Oxford Dictionary of English