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aglare

American  
[uh-glair] / əˈglɛər /

adjective

  1. glaring; blazing.

    The sky was aglare with spotlights.


Etymology

Origin of aglare

First recorded in 1870–75; a- 1 + glare 1


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At the same time back clumped the man, aglare with rage.

From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

There was a waving of hands and handkerchiefs from the little station, aglare in the early afternoon sun.

From Different Girls by Various

In imagination I can see your great ship, with all its portholes aglare, ploughing across the darkness to America.

From Carry On Letters in War-Time by Coningsby Dawson

At three in the morning Port of Spain woke up, all aglare with the blaze six miles away to the north-west. 

From At Last by Charles Kingsley

The noise of this brought him up at once, and he stood aglare.

From The Invisible Man by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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