Menace (m&ebreve_;n&auptack_;s; 48), n. [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, -acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. Amenable, Demean, Imminent, Minatory.] The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
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His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman.
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The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden.
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Menace, v. i. To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.
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Who ever knew the heavens menace so? Shak.
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