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Glimpse
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.