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glimpse
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
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LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.
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2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
perception; a quick sight.
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Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
Rogers.
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3. A faint idea; an inkling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t.
To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
hurried view of.
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Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
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