noun
strong distilled liquor or brandy
• Syn: ↑aqua vitae
• Hypernyms:
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strong alcoholic liquors made by distillation, as brandy, whiskey, or gin.
[1790-1800]
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ardent spirits,
strong distilled alcoholic liquors, such as brandy.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.