Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English braundischen, from Old French brandiss-, stem of brandir (“to flourish a sword”), from Frankish *brandijan, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“fire; flame; sword”), whence Old English brand (“firebrand; torch”); equivalent to brand + -ish. More at brand.
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From Middle English braundischen, from Old French brandiss-, stem of brandir (“to flourish a sword”), from Frankish *brandijan, from Frankish *brand (“firebrand; sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“fire; flame; sword”), whence Old English brand (“firebrand; torch”); equivalent to brand + -ish. More at brand.
He brandished his sword at the pirates.
Back, he spurred like a madman, shouting a curse to the sky, / With the white road smoking behind him, and his rapier brandished high! / Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat; […]1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 2, stanza IX, page 53:
the quivering lance which he brandished bright1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
Hvng be yͤ heauens vvith black, yield day to night; / Comets importing change of Times and States, / Brandiſh your cryſtall Treſſes in the Skie, / And vvith them ſcourge the bad reuolting Stars, / That haue conſented vnto Henries Death: / King Henry the Fift, too famous to liue long, / England ne're loſt a King of ſo much vvorth.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 96, column 1:
to brandish syllogisms
It sets the stage for cutting corners in our principles just so we can brandish a perceived badge of stature.2011, Jejomar C. Binay, Binay: Blame corruption on modern consumerism, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315850/binay-blame-corruption-modern-consumerism
Long, however, the young ſpark did not remain, before, giving it [his penis] two or three ſhakes, by way of brandiſhing it, he threw himſelf upon her, […]1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 66:
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| brandished | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| brandished | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| brandishes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| brandishing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
ga bagair (to move a weapon) · sv svinga (to move a weapon) · bg размахвам заплашително (to move a weapon) · ko 휘두르다 (to move a weapon) · uk розма́хувати (to move a weapon) · mi whakaoraora (to bear something with ostentatious show) · ru выставля́ть напока́з (to bear something with ostentatious show) · de vorführen (to bear something with ostentatious show) · mi whakahana (to move a weapon) · gd crath (to move a weapon) · mi tōwhiri (to move a weapon) · io brandisar (to move a weapon) · la vibrō (to move a weapon) · nb svinge (to move a weapon) · de vorzeigen (to bear something with ostentatious show) · es esgrimir (to move a weapon) · grc πάλλω (to move a weapon) · de schwingen (to move a weapon) · ru хва́статься (to bear something with ostentatious show) · ja 振り回す (to move a weapon) · pt brandir (to move a weapon) · is sveifla (to move a weapon) · de schwenken (to move a weapon) · de hantieren (to move a weapon) · ro a învârti (sabia) (to move a weapon) · uk маха́ти (to move a weapon) · nl zwaaien (to move a weapon) · de herzeigen (to bear something with ostentatious show) · ru разма́хивать (to move a weapon) · fi heiluttaa (to move a weapon) · gl brandir (to move a weapon) · sv hötta (to move a weapon) · sv hytta (to move a weapon) · ru потряса́ть (to move a weapon) · es blandir (to move a weapon) · enm braundischen (to move a weapon) · ru маха́ть (to move a weapon) · fr brandir (to move a weapon) · oc brandir (to move a weapon) · ro flutura (to move a weapon) · fi heristää (to move a weapon) · is bregða (to move a weapon) · cmn 揮 /挥 (to move a weapon) · cs mávat (to move a weapon) · grc πάλλω (to bear something with ostentatious show) · ca brandar (to move a weapon) · mi whīoioi (to move a weapon) · ca brandejar (to move a weapon) · non bregða (to move a weapon) · ja 閃かす (to move a weapon) · da svinge (to move a weapon) · pl wymachiwać (to move a weapon) · cmn 揮舞 /挥舞 (to move a weapon) · mi whakakakapa (to move a weapon) · el κραδαίνω (to move a weapon) · mi pīoioi (to move a weapon) · pl obnosić się (to bear something with ostentatious show) · ba һелтәү (to move a weapon) · de führen (to move a weapon) · de ausstellen (to bear something with ostentatious show) · mi tōwhiriwhiri (to move a weapon)