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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dazzle  \Daz"zle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Dazzled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Dazzling}.]  [Freq.  of  daze.] 
  1.  To  overpower  with  light;  to  confuse  the  sight  of  by 
  brilliance  of  light. 
 
  Those  heavenly  shapes  Will  dazzle  now  the  earthly, 
  with  their  blaze  Insufferably  bright.  --Milton. 
 
  An  unreflected  light  did  never  yet  Dazzle  the  vision 
  feminine.  --Sir  H. 
  Taylor. 
 
  2.  To  bewilder  or  surprise  with  brilliancy  or  display  of  any 
  kind  ``Dazzled  and  drove  back  his  enemies.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dazzled 
  adj  1:  having  vision  overcome  temporarily  by  or  as  if  by  intense 
  light;  "she  shut  her  dazzled  eyes  against  the  sun's 
  brilliance" 
  2:  stupefied  or  dizzied  by  something  overpowering;  "I  fall  back 
  dazzled  at  beholding  myself  all  rosy  red,  /  At  having  I 
  myself,  caused  the  sun  to  rise."-  `Chanticler'  by  Rostand 




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