transitive. To embellish, esp. with a view to deception; to give a false colouring to, misrepresent. Obsolete.

To lay or spread (a surface of a certain kind) on an object; hence, to put (a favourable or specious appearance) upon a thing.

figurative. To cover with a specious exterior; to whitewash, cloak, gloss. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To patch or mend superficially or temporarily; to gloss over, cover up. Also: to lavish (a person) with praise…

To cover or overlay with a specious or deceptive appearance; to gloss over, disguise.

to gild over. transitive. To cover (something) with gilding, so as to conceal defects. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts.

transitive. To present speciously; to improve the outward appearance of (something). Now rare.

transitive. figurative. To cover up with an attractive appearance; to smooth or gloss over. Cf. whitewash, v. 3a. Now rare.

figurative. To cover as with a glaze, to gloss over.

figurative. To dress up (speciously), to trick out. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To dress up; to give a particular (misleading) appearance to; to embellish. In later use with out.

transitive (a) To render illustrious. (b) To throw light upon, illustrate. (c) To render specious or attractive. Obsolete.

transitive. To make white, or as a candidate; to whitewash (figurative).

With over (in senses 2 3).

transitive. To cover or coat with lacquer; hence gen. to varnish; occasionally of the material: To serve as a varnish for. Also with over.

transitive. To conceal the faults or errors of; to free, or attempt to free, from blame; to provide with a semblance of honesty, respectability…

To give a speciously attractive or showy appearance to; to cover the defects of with or as with tinsel.

transitive. slang. To sell or peddle (something) under the pretence of offering something valuable that has been smuggled or stolen. Later also…

intransitive. To defraud a tradesperson by ordering goods to be made in such a way as to be unsaleable to anyone else, after which, if the…

fig. To invest with a merely external or specious appearance of some commendable or attractive quality. Usu. const. with.

transitive. figurative. To put a gloss on; to gloss over. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To veil with glosses; to explain away; to read a different sense into. Also with away, over (the latter perhaps influenced by gloss, v.2…

transitive. To arrange or present (something) in a way that creates a falsely favourable impression; spec. to manipulate (a balance sheet or…

transitive. To invest with glamour; = glamorize, v.; also, to deceive or impress with glamour.

transitive. To use sport or a sporting event to promote a positive public image for (a sponsoring or hosting government, organization, etc., or…