dazzle
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[edit] Etymology
Frequentative of daze.
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to dazzle (third-person singular simple present dazzles, present participle dazzling, simple past and past participle dazzled)
- (transitive) To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
- Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street and was run over.
- (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
- The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.
[edit] Translations
confuse the sight
