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bran⋅dish

  [bran-dish]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
–noun
2. a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME bra(u)ndisshen < AF, MF brandiss- (long s. of brandir, deriv. of brand sword < Gmc). See brand, -ish 2

Related forms:
bran⋅dish⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. swing, flaunt, wield, display.
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bran·dish   (brān'dĭsh)   
tr.v.   bran·dished, bran·dish·ing, bran·dish·es

  1. To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.

  2. To display ostentatiously. See Synonyms at flourish.

n.  A menacing or defiant wave or flourish.

[Middle English brandissen, from Old French brandir, brandiss-, from brand, sword, of Germanic origin; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]
bran'dish·er n.
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Word Origin & History

brandish 
c.1340, from O.Fr. brandiss-, stem of brandir "to flourish a sword," of Frank. origin (see brand).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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