superaurare

superaurare [CL super-+aurare], to overlay with gold, gild. 1255 reddendo inde annuatim unum par calcariorum ~atorum Hund. II 56a; 1274 una calcaria ~ata IPM 5/1 m. 4; 1345 pomum de cupro ~atum ad calefaciendum manus Sacr. Lichf. 109; libri missales ‥ tres, unus in cappis argento opertus et super auratus [sic] Cart. Reading F 122; unum calicem cum cooptorio [? l. coopertorio] de argento ~ato, A. one chalice with a cover of silver and gilt HMC Rep. IX. I 292b.