Brew | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Brew, v. t.

verbtransitive

(brū), v. t. [imp. & p. p. BREWED; p. pr. & vb. n. BREWING.] [A-S. breowan, O. H. Ger. priuwan, M. H. Ger. briuwen, N. H. Ger. bräuen, breuen, breven, brauen; D. brouwen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, allied to Lat. frīgĕre, Gr. φρύγειν, to roast, fry, broil.]

Sense 1. To boil or seethe.

Sense 2. To prepare, as a liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. “She brews good ale.” Shak.

Sense 3. To prepare by boiling, mingling, &c.

Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.

Sense 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; as, to brew mischief.

Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton.

Brew, v. i.

verbintransitive

(brū), v. i. 1. To perform the business of brewing or making beer.

Sense 1. ... wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.

Sense 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 toward my rest. Shak.

Brew, n.

noun

(brū), n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. [Obs.] Bacon.