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elusion (iou) and gild (oh)


elusion (iou)



elusion noun. M16.
[Late Latin elusio(n-) deception, trickery, from Latin elus- pa. ppl stem of eludere: see ELUDE, -ION.]
The action of deluding someone; an illusion. M16-L17.
(An) escape; (an) evasion. Now rare. E17.

gild (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: gyldan]
to cover something with a thin layer of gold or with something that looks like gold
::a gilded frame
literary to make something look as if it is covered in gold
::The autumn sun gilded the lake.
gild the lily
to spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good enough