Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cover with a film, as in gilding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To cover with a film; to coat thinly

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To cover with a film; to coat thinly.

Etymologies

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in- +‎ film

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