| glimpse | 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. Origin: For glimse, from the root of glimmer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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