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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
threaten .
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Examples
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Some of the foregoing verbs admit also a Direct Object in connection with the Dative; as, -- mihi mortem minitātur, _he threatens me with death_ (_threatens death to me_).
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Now the loss of his title threatens Tyson's fragile self-respect even further.
Will He Get Up? 2008
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Rain threatens late night and lasts through much of Thurs
PM Update: Nice now, stormy later Ian Livingston 2010
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An assassin threatens to upset the delicate balance of peace in Britain, the last bastion of Christianity in a world where Islam is predominant, thanks to the Huns defeat of Rome.
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Last month The Mail reported that A summer of rain threatens to bring the great autumn floods
Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Today The Mail reports that A summer of rain threatens to bring the great autumn floods
Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Terrible things happen in the book, and the possibility of further terrible things happening always threatens from the wings.
Reading Update 2007
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Terrible things happen in the book, and the possibility of further terrible things happening always threatens from the wings.
SeeLight: 2007
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And as spring's rain threatens to wash out my mood forever, I have summer to look forward to.
To Every Season, Turn, Turn, Turn kittenpie 2006
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And as spring's rain threatens to wash out my mood forever, I have summer to look forward to.
Archive 2006-08-01 kittenpie 2006
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