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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Threat \Threat\ (thr[e^]t), n. [AS. [thorn]re['a]t, akin to [=a][thorn]re['o]tan to vex, G. verdriessen OHG. irdriozan Icel. [thorn]rj[=o]ta to fail want lack, Goth. us[thorn]riutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push Cf {Abstruse}, {Intrude}, {Obstrude}, {Protrude}.] The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss or pain to come menace; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Threat \Threat\, v. t. & i. [OE. [thorn]reten, AS [thorn]re['a]tian. See {Threat}, n.] To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] --Shak. Of all his threating reck not a mite. --Chaucer. Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: threat n 1: something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan" [syn: {menace}] 2: a warning that something unpleasant is immanent; "they were under threat of arrest" 3: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit" 4: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: {terror}, {scourge}]
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