Glimpse (?), n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]

1. A sudden flash; transient luster.

LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran.

2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.

Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.

3. A faint idea; an inkling.

Glimpse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.] to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.

Glimpse, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.

Some glimpsing and no perfect sight.

• a brief look, glance, or peek
       I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you it was blue, but not what sort it was.
  
• to see or view briefly or incompletely
       I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.