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Yes, gild is playable

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"Gild" Definition

noun

Variant of guild.

idiom

Gild the lily To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
Gild the lily To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.

verb

To overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold.
To give money to.
To give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to.
To make bloody.

verb-transitive

Archaic To smear with blood.
To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.

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