Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A faint perception: same as glimpse.

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  • verb Present participle of glimpse.

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Examples

  • She was too occupied in glimpsing the vision of the one lone white man as she had first seen him, helpless from fever, a collapsed wraith in a steamer-chair, who, up to the last heart-beat, by some strange alchemy of race, was pledged to mastery.

    Chapter 7 2010

  • She was too occupied in glimpsing the vision of the one lone white man as she had first seen him, helpless from fever, a collapsed wraith in a steamer-chair, who, up to the last heart-beat, by some strange alchemy of race, was pledged to mastery.

    A Hard-Bitten Gang 1911

  • Still, the idea of glimpsing into the future or uncanny premonitions struck a chord with some posters.

    unknown title 2009

  • After glimpsing the fates of two missing New Orleans jazz singers, Marley knows she has no choice and must speak up before more women disappear.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 28TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • Finally, glimpsing myself from the side, I liked the look of the small of my back.

    True You Janet Jackson 2011

  • When we returned to the lobby, we encountered Danny Harnett , a 63-year-old bellman who joined the staff at 18 and recalls glimpsing President Kennedy as he arrived for one of his visits.

    The Prince's Pillows Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • And Saxon, glimpsing him sidewise, as he watched the horses and their way on the Sunday morning streets, checking them back suddenly and swerving to avoid two boys coasting across street on

    CHAPTER X 2010

  • Now, in "The Sense of an Ending," Tony, who repeatedly refers to his "instinct for self-preservation," seems to have immured himself in a fortress of bourgeois dullness in order to avoid glimpsing that abyss.

    Shuffling Along The Abyss Sam Sacks 2011

  • It came to me that here was a contact and that for the moment I was glimpsing into the soul of her.

    SAMUEL 2010

  • "But you forget," she interrupted, the quick surface of her mind glimpsing a parallel.

    Chapter 30 2010

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