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Pronunciation : Brew
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. brewen, AS. bre?wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. to prepare by heat. sq. root93. Cf. Broth, Bread.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Brew
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Brew
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913