branded

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights“branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name”
  2. marked with a brand“branded cattle”“branded criminal”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brand \Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.].

1.To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). [1913 Webster]

2.To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [1913 Webster]

The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity.— South.[1913 Webster]

4.To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [1913 Webster]

As if it were branded on my mind.— Geo. Eliot.[1913 Webster]
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