manace

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.

References

• “manace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• MENACA, Menaca, mancae

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• manaass, manas, manass, manasse, manauce, manaunce, manece

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manace (plural manaces)

1. A perceived threat or danger.
2. The act of threatening.

Related terms

• manacen

Descendants

• English: menace

References

• “manā̆ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

manace

1. Alternative form of manacen

Old French

Alternative forms

• manatce (Eulalia)
• menace
• manache, menache, menaiche (northern)
• manase, manasse, manaisce, manece

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. threat (verbal or written warning)
   • c. 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

• French: menace
• Norman: m'niche, méniche
• → Middle English: manace
  • English: menace

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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĭnācia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 98