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[syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
2. amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill;
- Example: "Her arguments dazzled everyone"
- Example: "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. i.
1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite
admiration by brilliancy.
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Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. --Pope.
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2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of
brightness.
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An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. --Bacon.
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I dare not trust these eyes;
They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise.
--Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, n.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. 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.
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Those heavenly shapes
Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze
Insufferably bright. --Milton.
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An unreflected light did never yet
Dazzle the vision feminine. --Sir H.
Taylor.
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2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any
kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dazzle
n 1: brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from
intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
[syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
2: amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or
skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled
the audience with his turns and jumps"