Glimpse (?), n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
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1. A sudden flash; transient luster.
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LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton.
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2. 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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3. A faint idea; an inkling.
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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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