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Definition menace

Etymology 1

First attested ante 1300: borrowed from the Old French manace, menace, from the Vulgar Latin *min?cia, from min?x, min?ciae (“threatening; threats”), from minor (“I threaten”).

Noun

menace (plural menaces)

1. A perceived threat or danger.
2. The act of threatening.
3. (informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1303: from Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *min?ci?re, from Latin min?cia, whence the noun.

Verb

menace (third-person singular simple present menaces, present participle menacing, simple past and past participle menaced) (transitive, intransitive)

1. (transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

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