brandied

1. 1
   adjective

   Strengthened or flavored with brandy.

   The chef finished the sauce with cream and a handful of brandied raisins.

   Guests loved the brandied pears served warm over ice cream.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of brandy.

   She brandied the peaches and stored them in the cellar.

   The old recipe called for fruit that had been brandied for months.

   Note

   A regular past form in which the final y of brandy turns to i before -ed. The verb is transitive, so it needs an object (she brandied the peaches) or a passive frame (fruit that had been brandied). Because the verb covers preserving as well as flavoring, the participle before a noun slides easily into the adjective for brandy-laced food.

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