Flare

v. i. [imp. & p. p. FLARED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLARING.] [Contracted from flacker, Ger. flackern, to flare, flash, blaze. See FLACKER.]

1. To burn with a glaring and unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light or splendor.

When the sun begins to fling His flaring beams. Milton. 3. To be exposed to too much light. Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior. 4. To open or spread outward. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to break into a passion. Thackeray.