glimpsing (verb)

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• glimpse — /glɪmps / (say glimps) noun 1. a momentary sight or view. 2. a momentary or slight appearance. 3. a vague idea; inkling. 4. Obsolete a gleam, as of light. –verb (glimpsed, glimpsing) –verb (t) 5. to catch a glimpse of. –verb (i) 6. Obsolete …  

• glimpse — I. verb (glimpsed; glimpsing) Etymology: Middle English glimsen; akin to Middle High German glimsen to glimmer, Old English glǣm gleam Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. archaic glimmer 2. to look briefly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Pederasty in ancient Greece — Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black figure amphora, 5th c. BC, Painter of Cambridge; Object currently in the collection of the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, Germany. The bearded man is depicted in a traditional… …   Wikipedia

• Philosophy of Greek pederasty — The topic of pederasty, one that took pride of place over the love of women in the erotic lives of Greek aristocrats in general and 5th century BC Athenians in particular [ Plato considers love between people solely as a homosexual phenomenon,… …   Wikipedia

• Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …   History of philosophy

• glimpse — [[t]glɪ̱mps[/t]] glimpses, glimpsing, glimpsed 1) N COUNT: usu N of n If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse… …   English dictionary

• glimpse — I UK [ɡlɪmps] / US noun [countable] Word forms glimpse : singular glimpse plural glimpses * 1) an occasion when you see someone or something for a moment only glimpse of: The crowd were anxious for a glimpse of the President. Every so often she… …   English dictionary