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menacest

menacest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of menace.

Meaning of menace

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, transitive) To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
    • to menace a country with war
  2. (ambitransitive) To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
    • Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death,
      And in his eies the furies of his heart,
      That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng,
      And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. (ambitransitive) To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

See all 6 meanings of menace

Origin of menacest

menace + -est

Questions about menacest

What is menacest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Menacest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of menace.

Words near menacest in the dictionary

  1. menacement
  2. menacements
  3. menacer
  4. menacers
  5. menaces
  6. menacest
  7. menaceth
  8. menachin
  9. menacing
  10. menacingly
  11. menacingness

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