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brandy

/ˈbɹændi/ verb C2
  1. To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy. (transitive)

He/she/it brandies · Past brandied · Past participle brandied · -ing form brandying

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Verb forms

Base form
brandy
He/she/it
brandies
Past
brandied
Past participle
brandied
-ing form
brandying

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Morrel, to aid Dantès, he had shut himself up with two bottles of black currant brandy, in the hope of drowning reflection.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 87 · C1
When he reached my sister’s side she was unconscious, and though he poured brandy down her throat and sent for medical aid from the village, all efforts were in vain, for she slowly sank and died without having recovered her consciousness.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 45 · B2
The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!” then the Rabbit’s voice along—“Catch him, you by the hedge!” then silence, and then another confusion of voices—“Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don’t choke him—How was it, old fellow?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 27 · B2
But, first, as I am rather shaken by the knocking about which I had in the dressing-room, I think that I shall help myself to a dash of your brandy, Colonel.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 47 · B2

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