BREW

I. verb see: barm Date: before 12th century transitive verb to prepare (as beer or ale) by steeping, boiling, and fermentation or by infusion and fermentation, 2. to bring about ; foment , contrive , to prepare (as tea) by infusion in hot water, intransitive verb to ~ beer or ale, to be in the process of forming , ~er noun II. noun Date: circa 1510 1. a ~ed beverage (as beer), a serving of a ~ed beverage , something produced by or as if by ~ing, the process of ~ing