GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Glimpse , n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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   A sudden flash; transient luster.
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   LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran.
   Milton.
   
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   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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   A faint idea; an inkling.
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   Glimpse , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
   Drayton.
   
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   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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