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GLIMPSE
glance, glimpse, coup d'oeil
(noun) a quick look
glimpse
(noun) a brief or incomplete view; “from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake”
glimpse
(noun) a vague indication; “he caught only a glimpse of the professor’s meaning”
glimpse
(verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly; “We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glimpse (plural glimpses)
A brief look, glance, or peek.
A sudden flash.
A faint idea; an inkling.
Verb
glimpse (third-person singular simple present glimpses, present participle glimpsing, simple past and past participle glimpsed)
(transitive) To see or view briefly or incompletely.
(intransitive) To appear by glimpses.
Synonyms
• perceive, notice, detect, espy, spot, catch sight of
Anagrams
• megilps
Source: Wiktionary
Glimpse, n. Etym: [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.
Glimpse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]
Definition: to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.
Glimpse, v. t.
Definition: To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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