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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  menacing 
  adj  :  threatening  or  foreshadowing  evil  or  tragic  developments;  "a 
  baleful  look";  "forbidding  thunderclouds";  "his  tone 
  became  menacing";  "ominous  rumblings  of  discontent"; 
  "sinister  storm  clouds";  "a  sinister  smile";  "his 
  threatening  behavior";  "ugly  black  clouds";  "the 
  situation  became  ugly"  [syn:  {baleful},  {forbidding},  {minacious}, 
  {minatory},  {ominous},  {sinister},  {threatening},  {ugly}]




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