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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brew \Brew\, v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. --Shak. 2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brew \Brew\, n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brew \Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr & vb n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS bre['o]wan; akin to D. brouwen OHG. priuwan MHG. briuwen br?wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga Sw brygga Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down Gr ? (for ??) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. [root]93. Cf {Broth}, {Bread}.] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.] 2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. ``She brews good ale.'' --Shak. 3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak. 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brew n : drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling [syn: {brewage}] v 1: prepare by brewing; of alcoholic beverages 2: sit or let sit in boiling water to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" [syn: {steep}, {infuse}]
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