- (n.) To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.
- (n.) The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
- (v.i.) To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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