manace

See also: manacé

English

Noun

manace (countable and uncountable, plural manaces)

  1. Obsolete form of menace.

Verb

manace (third-person singular simple present manaces, present participle manacing, simple past and past participle manaced)

  1. Obsolete form of menace.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for manace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French menace, manace, from Latin minācia (“threat”), a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈnaːs(ə)/, /ˈmanas(ə)/

Noun

manace (plural manaces)

  1. A perceived threat or danger.
  2. The act of threatening.
Descendants
  • English: menace
References

Verb

manace

  1. Alternative form of manacen

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin minācia (“threat”), a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).

Noun

manace f (oblique plural manaces, nominative singular manace, nominative plural manaces)

  1. threat (verbal or written warning)
    • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
      Elfroi oï que il venoit
      Et les manaces qu'il faisoit
      Elfroi heard he was coming
      and the threats that he was making
  2. threat (danger; hazard)

Descendants

Verb

manace

  1. first-person singular present indicative of manacer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of manacer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of manacer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of manacer
  5. second-person singular imperative of manacer

References
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