Brew \Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre[a2]wan; akin to D. brouwen,
OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[?]wen, G. brauen, Icel.
brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum
must boiled down, Gr. [?] (for [?]?) 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.]
2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops,
or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and
fermentation. [bd]She brews good ale.[b8] --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.
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