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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: menace
menace
n 1: something that is a source of danger;
“earthquakes are a
constant threat in Japan” [syn:
threat]
2: a threat or the act of threatening;
“he spoke with desperate
menace”
v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to;
“The pollution is
endangering the crops” [syn:
endanger,
jeopardize,
jeopardise,
threaten,
imperil,
peril]
2: express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture;
“he
menaced the bank manager with a stick”
3: act in a threatening manner;
“A menacing person”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Menace
Menace
\Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 48), n. [F., fr. L. minaciae
threats, menaces, fr. minax, -acis, projecting, threatening,
minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf.
Amenable,
Demean,
Imminent,
Minatory.]
The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or
threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to
come.
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His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
--Milman.
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The dark menace of the distant war. --Dryden.
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Menace
\Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Menaced ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb. n.
Menacing.] [OF.
menacier, F. menacer. See
Menace, n.]
1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out
a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to
threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm
threatened; as, to menace a country with war.
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My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
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2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
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By oath he menaced
Revenge upon the cardinal. --Shak.
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Menace
\Men"ace\, v. i.
To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
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Who ever knew the heavens menace so? --Shak.
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