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Verb: paint the lily
  1. Adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
    - gild the lily
     
  2. Make unnecessary additions to what is already complete
    - gild the lily

Derived forms: painted the lily, paints the lily, painting the lily

Type of: add, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament