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Definition of: menace
(men′is) v. ·aced, ·ac·ing v.t.
1. To threaten with evil or harm.
2. To make threats of.
—v.i.
3. To make threats; appear threatening. See synonyms under THREATEN.
—noun A threat; something which threatens; an impending evil. [<OF manace <L minacia <minax, -acis threatening <minari threaten]
—men′ac·er noun
—men′ac·ing·ly adverb
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