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noun

Dazzle n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

verb

Dazzle v. t. (past & past part. dazzled; pres. part. dazzling)

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. "Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright." "An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine."

To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies."

Dazzle v. i.

To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. "Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design."

To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. "An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle." "I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise."

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Etymology of 'Dazzle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dazzle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Superintendent explained. "His eyes have adjusted themselves to the darkness and even these feeble lights dazzle him." ...

— Ethel Morton's Enterprise • Mabell S.C. Smith

... submerged and quiescent while over you glories The summer. Oread, Dryad, or Naiad, or just Woman, clad only in youth and in gallant perfection, Standing up in a great burst of sunshine, you dazzle my eyes Like a snow-star, a moon, your effulgence burns up in a halo, For you are the chalice which holds all the races of men. You slip into the pool and the water folds over your shoulder, And over the tree-tops the clouds slowly ...

— ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS • WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

... hath come to the Passover," said Anna. "From Rome hath Pilate come, so sayeth my father, and with a retinue of servants that doth make Herod green with envy. And speech hath it that the wife of Pilate doth dazzle the eye with such gorgeous apparel as is seen only ...

— The Coming of the King • Bernie Babcock

... active and laborious life of a smuggler, with the severe discipline on board, would have a salutary effect on his character, which was now well-nigh, if not quite, corrupt. I spoke to Benedetto alone, and proposed to him to accompany me, endeavoring to tempt him by all the promises most likely to dazzle the imagination of a child of twelve. He heard me patiently, and when I had ...

— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... 1809, but for manifest reasons it had again receded. The Austrian marriage had withdrawn the house of Hapsburg from the leadership of Germany; the imperial progress to Dresden and the high imperial court held there were intended to dazzle the masses of Europe, possibly to intimidate the Czar. The French were genuinely enthusiastic; the Germans displayed no spite; princes, potentates, and powers swelled the train; all the monarchs of the coalition, under ...

— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. III. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane

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