brew

brew
verb
1》 make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation.
2》 make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.
3》 (of an unwelcome situation) begin to develop.
noun
1》 a kind of beer.
2》 informal a drink of tea.
Derivatives
brewer noun
Origin
OE brēowan, of Gmc origin.

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