Home › Words › D › deauratedeauratedeaurate means to gild.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin deaurātus, perfect passive participle of deaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).verbTo gild.adjGilded.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deaurated 77% match — From which gold has been removed vs deaurate →inaurate 69% match — To cover with gold; to gild. vs deaurate →deauration 67% match — The removal of gold from an organogold compound. vs deaurate →ungild 67% match — To remove gilding vs deaurate →gaudify 66% match — To make gaudy. vs deaurate →engolden 65% match — To render golden. vs deaurate →regild 65% match — To gild again. vs deaurate →engild 64% match — To gild; to make splendid. vs deaurate →