4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menace \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menace \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menace \Men"ace\, v. i.
To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
Who ever knew the heavens menace so? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}, {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"
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