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Dazzle

1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. (Milton) An unreflected light did never yet dazzle the vision feminine. (Sir H. Taylor)

2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. Dazzled and drove back his enemies.

Origin: Freq. Of daze.