Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stare \Stare\, v. t.
   To look earnestly at; to gaze at.

         I will stare him out of his wits.        --Shak.

   {To stare in the face}, to be before the eyes, or to be
      undeniably evident. ``The law . . . stares them in the
      face whilst they are breaking it.'' --Locke.