## Examples
- He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- She gave him a cold glare and walked away.
- I shaded my eyes against the glare of the sun.
- The sun glared down on us all afternoon.

## Derived Forms
- aglare
- anti-glare
- antiglare
- glareless
- glareproof
- glaringly
- nonglare

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glaren
- Root: *glærian
- Root: *glāʀōn

## Etymology
From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

## AI Etymology
Glare comes from Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass. In current use, the main senses are “To stare at someone in an angry way” and “An angry, fierce stare”.

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