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   Brew , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, brūwen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. βρῦτον (for φρῦτον?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. √93.  Cf. Broth, Bread.]
   To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
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   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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   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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   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 , v. i.
   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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   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 , n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.
   Bacon.
   
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