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noun

Glimpse n.

A sudden flash; transient luster. "LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran."

A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. "Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen."

A faint idea; an inkling.

verb

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."

Glimpse v. i. (past & past part. glimpsed; pres. part. glimpsing) To appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.

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Etymology of 'Glimpse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Glimpse" Quotes from Famous Books

... un-Riseholme-like to have gone to a friend's door, even though the errand was so impersonal a one as bearing somebody else's note, without enquiring whether the friend was in, and being instantly admitted if she was, and as a matter of fact, Georgie caught a glimpse, when the knocker was answered (Mrs Quantock did not have a bell at all), through the open door of the hall, of Mrs Quantock standing in the middle of the lawn on one leg. Naturally, therefore, he ran out into the garden without any further formality. She looked like ...

— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson

... castles, had dreamed his dreams; but never before had the ideas presented to him by Uncle Zed that afternoon ever entered in them. The good old man had seemed so eager to pass on to the young man an unfulfilled work, yes, a high, noble work. Dorian caught a glimpse of the greatness of it and the glory of it that afternoon, and his soul was thrilled. Was he equal to such a task?... He had wanted to become a successful farmer, then his vision had gone on to the teaching ...

— Dorian • Nephi Anderson

... About twenty paces beneath him, on the seaward side of the dune, he caught a glimpse of another golden object, an unusual object, the nature of which he did not at once identify. He shaded his eyes with his hand, and presently began to laugh softly. That golden thing which had caught his eye was the uncovered head of a girl. She was seated ...

— North, South and Over the Sea • M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

... buildings near and about a green common. Of colonial style, built of brick, it had a portico with great Corinthian pillars, window-frames and cornices of wood painted white, and stood far back from the street with a beautiful lawn studded by great elms and a glimpse of a garden in ...

— Elsie Marley, Honey • Joslyn Gray

... surprise and a queer sensation of annoyance at his heart; "why, from the glimpse I had of her I thought her a ...

— An Ambitious Man • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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