Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
threat
Etymologies
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threat + -est
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Examples
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'No matter for that -- Thou threatest me, last night, that thou wouldst swear thy bastard to me.'
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Thomas Holcroft 1777
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678: Iniurious Duke, that threatest where's no cause.
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