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glimpse
[glimps]
noun, verb, glimpsed, glimps⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a very brief, passing look, sight, or view. |
| 2. | a momentary or slight appearance. |
| 3. | a vague idea; inkling. |
| 4. | Archaic. a gleam, as of light. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to catch or take a glimpse of. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to look briefly; glance (usually fol. by at). |
| 7. | Archaic. to come into view; appear faintly. |
Related forms:
glimpser, noun
Synonyms:
5. spot, spy, view, sight, espy.
5. spot, spy, view, sight, espy.
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Glimpse
Glimpse\, n. [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
Glimpse\, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : glimpse
Spanish:
vislumbre, vista momentánea,
German:
flüchtiger Blick,
Japanese:
一見
glimpse
c.1400, "to shine faintly," probably from O.E. *glimsian "shine faintly," from P.Gmc. *glim- (see gleam). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded 1779.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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