Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEAn unreflected light did never yet 2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak. Daz"zle, v. i. 1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. 2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. I dare not trust these eyes; Daz"zle, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy. Daz"zle·ment (?), n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne. Daz"zling·ly (?), adv. In a dazzling manner. De- (?). A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. Dea"con (dē"k'n), n. [OE. diakne, deakne, deken, AS. diacon, deacon, L. diaconus, fr. Gr. ? a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 prob. confused with dean.] |