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Webster 1913 Edition


Dazzlement

Daz′zle-ment

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Noun.
Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.
Donne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dazzlement

DAZ'ZLEMENT

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Noun.
The act or power of dazzling.
DAZ'ZLING, ppr. Rendering unsteady or wavering as the sight; overpowering by a strong light; striking with splendor.
DAZ'ZLINGLY, adv. In a dazzling manner.
DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. Hence it often expresses a negative; as in derange. Sometimes it augments the sense, as in deprave, despoil. It coincides nearly in sense with the French des and L. dis.
DE'ACON, n. [Gr., a minister or servant.]