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Brew (br&usuml_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed (br&usuml_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br&ū;wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. bry^ton (for fry^ton?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. √93. Cf. Broth, Bread.] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
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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.
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3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.
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4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
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Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton.
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Brew (&unr_;), v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
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2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
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There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak.
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Brew (&unr_;), n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
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