dazzle

Definitions

1. 1.To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak.
2. 2.To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak called?
• What is to be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope called?
• What is 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 called?