MENACE

menace. (fr) menace, to threaten

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menace. Menace, v.t. to threaten, to deter; n. a threat

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Men″ace (mĕn″ā̍s; 48), 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.