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brewer

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brew  (br)
v. brewed, brew·ing, brews
v.tr.
1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
v.intr.
1. To make ale or beer as an occupation.
2. To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen.
3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" (John Dos Passos).
n.
1.
a. A beverage made by brewing.
b. A serving of such a beverage.
2. Something produced as if by brewing; a mix: Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.

[Middle English brewen, from Old English browan; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

brewage n.
brewer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brewerbrewer - someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
maker, shaper - a person who makes things
2.brewer - the owner or manager of a brewery
producer, manufacturer - someone who manufactures something
Translations
brewer [ˈbruːəʳ] Ncervecero/a m/f
brewer [ˈbruːər] nbrasseur m
brewer
nBrauer m
brewer [ˈbruːəʳ] nbirraio
brewer [ˈbruːəʳ] nbirraio


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Brewer had an action to get possession of the property as heir to his deceased sister.
The drayman was proved to be very drunk, and was fined, and the brewer had to pay damages to our master; but there was no one to pay damages to poor Captain.
As truth distinguishes our writings from those idle romances which are filled with monsters, the productions, not of nature, but of distempered brains; and which have been therefore recommended by an eminent critic to the sole use of the pastry-cook; so, on the other hand, we would avoid any resemblance to that kind of history which a celebrated poet seems to think is no less calculated for the emolument of the brewer, as the reading it should be always attended with a tankard of good ale--
 
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