MENACE
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
Men"ace (mĕn"&auptack_;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.
[1913 Webster]
His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
Milman.
[1913 Webster]
The dark menace of the distant war.
Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Men"ace (mĕn"&auptack_;s; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Menaced (&ā;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.
[1913 Webster]
My master . . . did menace me with death.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
[1913 Webster]
By oath he menaced
Revenge upon the cardinal.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Men"ace, v. i. To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
[1913 Webster]
Who ever knew the heavens menace so?
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
