noun.
Crowd; press; pressure.
noun.
Vexation; torment.
noun.
A menace; a denunciation of ill to befall some one; a declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict punishment, loss, or pain on another.
noun.
In law, any menace of such a nature and extent as to unsettle the mind of the person on whom it operates, and to preclude that free voluntary action which is necessary to assent.
To press; urge; compel.
To threaten.
To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.