GLIMPSE
glimpse
Noun
- A brief look, glance, or peek.- I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number.
 
- A sudden flash.
- A faint idea; an inkling.
Verb
- To see or view briefly or incompletely.- I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.
 
- To appear by glimpses.
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