manacen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French menacier, from Vulgar Latin *mināciō, mināciāre; equivalent to manace + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]manacen
- To make threats against (someone); to intimidate or threaten.
- To threaten (to do) something.
- To endanger or imperil (someone or something).
- (rare) To compel someone (into doing something).
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of manacen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: menace
References
[edit]- “manā̆cen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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