Meaning of MENACE
| Pronunciation: | | 'menis
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- [n] a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"
- [n] something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
- [v] act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"
- [v] express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
- [v] pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
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| | Synonyms: | | endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threat, threaten |
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| | See Also: | | act, be, behave, danger, do, evince, exist, express, show, threat, yellow peril | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Men"ace\, 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.
His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
--Milman.
The dark menace of the distant war. --Dryden.
\Men"ace\, 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.
My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal.
--Shak.
\Men"ace\, v. i.
To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
Who ever knew the heavens menace so? --Shak.
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