- Brewed
- Brew Brew (br[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed} (br[udd]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre['o]wan; akin
to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[=u]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. [root]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. [1913 Webster]
3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. [1913 Webster]
Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. [1913 Webster]
Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
