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to glimpse

verbliterário/viʒ.lũˈbɾaɾ/medium

vis·lum·brar

Definition

To see indistinctly or from afar; to perceive or intuit something vaguely or initially.
We could glimpse the city lights in the distance.
He began to glimpse a possible solution to the problem.
Common collocations
to glimpse a solutionto glimpse the futureto glimpse in the distance

Etymology

Do latim 'visum' (visto) + 'luminare' (iluminar).

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