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misbrew en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + brew.

Meanings

  1. To brew incorrectly.
    • “Finally misbrew a potion?” Nan chuckled. 2019, Matthew S. Cox, Emma and the Elixir of Madness:
    • That winter led, naturally, to the Olde GnarlyWine release, which the following year was accidentally-on-purpose misbrewed into Brown Shugga' when a flock of one-pound C&H brown sugar boxes found their way into the kettle following my incorect specification of the malt bill. 2014, Tony Magee, So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story, page 90:
    • For this reason, green tea is frequently misbrewed, misunderstood, and thus not the tea of choice that it might otherwise be. 2014, Babette Donaldson, The Everything Healthy Tea Book:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misbrewed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misbrewed Tense=Past lexicographic
misbrews Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misbrewing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic