About The Word Threaten
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Threaten
Threaten Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Threaten?
[v] to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
[v] to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" [v] pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" Synonyms | Synonyms for Threaten: endanger | imperil | jeopardise | jeopardize | menace | peril Related Terms | Find terms related to Threaten: See Also | augur | auspicate | be | betoken | bode | exist | forecast | foreshadow | foretell | offer | omen | portend | predict | prefigure | presage | prognosticate | warn Threaten In Webster's Dictionary \Threat"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threatened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Threatening}.] [OE. [thorn]retenen. 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.
Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak
henceforth to no man in this name. --Acts iv. 17.
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.
The skies look grimly And threaten present blusters.
--Shak.
Syn: To menace.
Usage: {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.
By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.
--Prior.
Of the sharp ax Regardless, that o'er his
devoted head Hangs menacing. --Somerville.
\Threat"en\, v. i. To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance. Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. --Shak. |
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