Defn: To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening
appearance.
Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. Shak.
THREATENER
Threat"en*er, n.
Defn: One who threatens. Shak.
THREATENING
Threat"en*ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Threaten, v. — Threat"en*ing*ly, adv. Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
THREATFUL
Threat"ful, a.
Defn: Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser.
— Threat"ful*ly, adv.
THREAVE
Threave, n.
Defn: Same as Thrave. [Obs.]
THREE Three, a. Etym: [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þri, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dri, Icel. þrir, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. *301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]