Definitions for: Dazzle


[n] brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
[v] 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"
[v] to cause someone to lose clear vision, esp. from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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. ``Dazzled and drove back his enemies.'' --Shak.


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.


Daz"zle, n.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Synonyms: bedazzle, daze

See Also: amaze, astonish, astound, blind, brightness

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