THREATEN
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Threat"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threatened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threatening.] [OE. þretenen. See Threat, v. t.] 1. To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
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Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts iv. 17.
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2. To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death. Milton.
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The skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters.
Shak.
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Syn. -- To menace. -- Threaten, Menace. Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the more familiar term; the latter is more employed in formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the country is menaced with war.
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By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.
Prior.
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Of the sharp ax
Regardless, that o'er his devoted head
Hangs menacing.
Somerville.
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Threat"en, v. i. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
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Though the seas threaten, they are merciful.
Shak.
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