Definition of Glimpse

n.1.
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.
3.A faint idea; an inkling.
v. i.1.to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
[imp. & p. p. Glimpsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]
v. t.1.To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.


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