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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. something that is a source of danger;
- Example: "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
[syn: menace, threat]

2. a threat or the act of threatening;
- Example: "he spoke with desperate menace"


VERB (3)

1. pose a threat to; present a danger to;
- Example: "The pollution is endangering the crops"
[syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]

2. express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture;
- Example: "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

3. act in a threatening manner;
- Example: "A menacing person"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Menace \Men"ace\, v. i.
   To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
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         Who ever knew the heavens menace so?     --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Menace \Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 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.
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         His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
                                                  --Milman.
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         The dark menace of the distant war.      --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Menace \Men"ace\ (m[e^]n"[asl]s; 48), 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.
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            My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.
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   2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
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            By oath he menaced
            Revenge upon the cardinal.            --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

menace
    n 1: something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a
         constant threat in Japan" [syn: menace, threat]
    2: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate
       menace"
    v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
         endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize,
         jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
    2: express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he
       menaced the bank manager with a stick"
    3: act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"