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Webster 1913 Edition
Dazzle
Daz′zle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dazzled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dazzling
.] [Freq. of
daze
.] 1.
To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Those heavenly shapes
Will
Insufferably bright.
Will
dazzle
now the earthly, with their blazeInsufferably bright.
Milton.
An unreflected light did never yet
Dazzle
the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.
2.
To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.
“Dazzled and drove back his enemies.” Shak.
Daz′zle
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Ah, friend! to
dazzle
, let the vain design. Pope.
2.
To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
An overlight maketh the eyes
dazzle
. Bacon.
I dare not trust these eyes;
They dance in mists, and
They dance in mists, and
dazzle
with surprise. Dryden.
Daz′zle
,Noun.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.