Brew
Brew (bru) , transitive verb
[Old English brewen, Anglo-Saxon breówan; akin to Dutch brouwen, Old High German priuwan, Middle High German briuwen, brūwen, German brauen, Icelandic brugga, Swedish brygga, Danish brygge, and perh. to Latin defrutum must boiled down, Greek bry^ton (for fry^ton?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. r93. Compare Broth, Bread.]
1.
To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obsolete]
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.
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 ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
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 ({not transcribed}) , noun
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. — Bacon