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   Flare (flâr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared (flârd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]
   1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, “the candle flares”.
   
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   2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
   
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   3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
   
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   With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.
   
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   4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
   
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   Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.
   
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   5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, “the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.”
   
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   To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.]  Thackeray.
   
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   flared adj. having a gradual increase in width; as, “flared nostrils”.
   
   Syn. -- flaring.
   
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