"overgild" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "German übergülden",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- + gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).",
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        "To cover with gilding."
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        "(transitive) To cover with gilding."
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