Brew /(brṳ)/

Brew

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Brewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing

  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.
  3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
    Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
  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!

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.
  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.

Brew

n.
  1. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.