Verb

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(brew)

Verb

(en verb)

To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

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Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.

To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.

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Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!

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.

To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.

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There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.

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(obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.