men

pron. [ OE. me, men. “Not the plural of man, but a weakened form of the word man itself.” Skeat. ] A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men moot give silver to the poure friars. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A privy thief, men clepeth death. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found. ] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Menaced p. pr. & vb. n. Menacing ] [ OF. menacier, F. menacer. See Menace, n. ] 1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country with war. [ 1913 Webster ]

My master . . . did menace me with death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

By oath he menaced
Revenge upon the cardinal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who ever knew the heavens menace so? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a threatening manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See manege. [ 1913 Webster ]