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glimpse |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.] 1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton. 2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S. Rogers. 3. A faint idea; an inkling. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr & vb n. {Glimpsing}.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t. To catch a glimpse of to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glimpse n 1: a quick look [syn: {glance}, {coup d'oeil}] 2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" 3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning" v : catch a glimpse of see briefly
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