BREWED
Etymology
Verb
brewed
simple past tense and past participle of brew
Anagrams
• bedrew
Source: Wiktionary
BREW
Brew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] Etym:
[OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG.
briuwen, br, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and
perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. to prepare by heat. sq.
root93. 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. "She brews
good ale." 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.
Brew, v. i.
1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing
or making beer.
I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
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. Shak.
Brew, n.
Definition: The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition