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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stare  \Stare\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {stared};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {staring}.]  [AS.  starian  akin  to  LG  &  D.  staren,  OHG. 
  star[=e]n,  G.  starren,  Icel.  stara;  cf  Icel.  stira,  Dan. 
  stirre,  Sw  stirra  and  G.  starr  stiff,  rigid,  fixed,  Gr  ? 
  solid  (E.  stereo-),  Skr.  sthira  firm,  strong.  [root]166.  Cf 
  {Sterile}.] 
  1.  To  look  with  fixed  eyes  wide  open  as  through  fear, 
  wonder,  surprise,  impudence,  etc.;  to  fasten  an  earnest 
  and  prolonged  gaze  on  some  object. 
 
  For  ever  upon  the  ground  I  see  thee  stare. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Look  not  big  nor  stamp,  nor  stare,  nor  fret. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  be  very  conspicuous  on  account  of  size,  prominence, 
  color,  or  brilliancy;  as  staring  windows  or  colors. 
 
  3.  To  stand  out  to  project;  to  bristle.  [Obs.] 
 
  Makest  my  blood  cold,  and  my  hair  to  stare.  --Shak. 
 
  Take  off  all  the  staring  straws  and  jags  in  the 
  hive.  --Mortimer. 
 
  Syn:  To  gaze;  to  look  earnestly.  See  {Gaze}. 

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