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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Glare  \Glare\  (gl[^a]r),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Glared};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Glaring}.]  [OE.  glaren,  gloren;  cf  AS  gl[ae]r 
  amber,  LG  glaren  to  glow  or  burn  like  coals,  D.  gloren  to 
  glimmer;  prob.  akin  to  E.  glass.] 
  1.  To  shine  with  a  bright,  dazzling  light. 
 
  The  cavern  glares  with  new-admitted  light.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  look  with  fierce,  piercing  eyes;  to  stare  earnestly, 
  angrily,  or  fiercely. 
 
  And  eye  that  scorcheth  all  it  glares  upon  --Byron. 
 
  3.  To  be  bright  and  intense,  as  certain  colors;  to  be 
  ostentatiously  splendid  or  gay. 
 
  She  glares  in  balls,  front  boxes,  and  the  ring. 
  --Pope. 




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