Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.