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Glimpse
Pronunciation : Glimpse
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Glimpse
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Glimpse
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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