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menace
UK /ˈmɛnɪs/ US /ˈmɛnɪs/
noun 3verb 3
Definitions
noun
1
A perceived threat or danger.
the dark menace of the distant war.
2
The act of threatening.
3
An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
verb
1
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
to menace a country with war
My master […] did menace me with death.
2
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.
By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
3
To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
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