Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Mirá-re, v. n.
1. to behold, to view, to look at.Mirate che bella cosa, look what a pretty thing this is; 2. to ponder, to consider, weigh in one's mind; 3. to design, to aim at a thing, to have a thing in view or prospect; 4. to level, to aim. — con la coda dell'occhio, to cast a sheep's eye at one; s. m. Mirá-tóre, f. Mirá-tríce; adj.Mirá-nte .
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
mirare: to behold, to view, to looke at with earnestnesse. Also to ayme or leuell at. Also to consider, to aduise or ponder.