overbrew en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + brew.
Meanings
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To brew for too long.
It was so common for brewers simply to overbrew that the town government in 1501 appointed seven beer tasters.
2011, Johan F.M. Swinnen, The Economics of Beer:Thrale was a prosperous brewer, but was beset by a tendency to "overbrew," which nearly ruined him.
2010, Emily James Putnam, The Lady: Studies of Certain Significant Phases of Her History:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overbrews | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overbrewed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overbrewed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overbrewing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |