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GLIMPSES
Noun
glimpses
plural of glimpse
Verb
glimpses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glimpse
Source: Wiktionary
GLIMPSE
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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