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menace 1, noun(dictionary)
menace 2, verb(dictionary)

menace(2) (iou)



menace verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman manasser, Old French menacier (mod. menacer) from Proto-Romance, formed as MENACE noun.]
verb trans. Utter menaces against; threaten. ME.
E. L. Rice Maurrant..menaces the man with his revolver. R. K. Narayan I was..knocked down and hurt by bigger animals and menaced by lesser ones. A. Storr We are menaced by the possibility of a nuclear holocaust.
verb intrans. Utter menaces; be threatening. ME.
Burke Earth below shook; heaven above menaced.
verb trans. Hold out as a punishment, penalty, or danger; threaten to inflict. ME.
H. H. Milman No threatened excommunication is now menaced. J. Martine The solitary dissentient was menacing to leave the meeting-house.
menacement noun (now rare) menacing, threatening E17.
menacer noun M17.
menacing noun (now rare) (a) the action of the verb; (b) a threat, a menace: ME.
menacing ppl adjective that menaces or threatens, threatening LME.
menacingly adverb L16.