What does "menace" mean?
Menace: 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. My master . . . did menace me with death. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal. Shak.
- 3.To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. Who ever knew the heavens menace so Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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