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minitari, ~are [CL] 1 (intr) to speak or act menacingly, threaten (repeatedly); b (transf., w. inanim. subj.). ~atur, adsidue minatur GlC M 217; ~are, frequenter minari Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 366. b c1212 ~antem capiti nostro clavam clava majori retundemus Gir. Ep. 5 p. 204. 2 (trans) to threaten: a (w. threatened consequence in acc.); b (w. inf. or quasi-acc. & inf.) to threaten to; c (w. quod). a videas aliquando hominem ‥ non cantare ac ridiculosa quadam vocis interceptione quasi ~ari silentium Ailr. Spec. Car. II 23. 571C. b forcipibus ‥ ~abantur me conprehendere Bede HE V 12 p. 306; ~ans se ulturum in ejus pervicatia quod tota loqueretur Gallia W. Malm. GR II 178. c jam utique ‥ ~antur quod ‥ statim publice predicabunt errores suos R. Niger Mil. III 81. 3 (transf., w. inanim. subj.). b to make imminent. conposuit precibus Eadbert minantia mortem / flabra, pius praesul vester et ipse pater Alcuin Carm. 9. 169; trabes maxima in culmen templi levabatur et ‥ in praeceps multorum ~ans interitum vergi coepit Adel. Blandin. Dunst. 6; effusus sanguis ‥ imminentem tibi interitum ~at Pass. Æthelb. 8; adeo tecta ruinam ~antia numquam periculo exemit W. Malm. GR IV 341. b concipiens ‥ terciam filiam ‥ partum ‥ ~avit W. Dan. Ailred 19 (v. gerulus 3b); jam hora tardior noctem ~aret placitum dominus G. ‥ recrastinavit Chr. Battle f. 41v..

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