Dictionary entry

Blare

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blare (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blared (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blaring.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. plärren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. Blore.] To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. “The trumpet blared.” Tennyson.