Historical clue formulations

• Coat with a thin auric layer — 2025-07-15
• Richly adorn — 2020-01-20
• ___ the lily — 2019-06-02
• Decorate elegantly — 2017-10-20
• ___ the lily — 2015-12-07
• Impart a false brilliance to — 2015-09-17
• Richly adorn — 2005-03-08
• Put a coat on — 2004-05-27
• Put a coat on — 2003-02-21
• Embellish richly — 2002-01-02
• Embellish richly — 2001-10-16
• Embellish — 2000-12-17
• Richly adorn — 1999-12-01
• Richly decorate — 1999-08-30
• Apply gold leaf to — 1998-01-08
• Decorate expensively — 1996-11-26
• ___ the lily — 1996-11-11
• Make deceptively attractive — 1996-01-13
• Aurify — 1995-04-11
• Decorate, as a book — 1994-03-20
• Decorate — 1994-01-08