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English Dictionary: dazzle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
                     Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly,
                     with their blaze Insufferably 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. [bd]Dazzled and drove back his enemies.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. 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 dazzle with surprise.                  --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dazzle \Daz"zle\, n.
      A light of dazzling brilliancy.
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