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noun something that is a source of danger
noun a threat or the act of threatening
verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
originFirst attested in 1303: from Middle English manacen, from Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia, whence the noun.
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