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verb transitive

See boil.

Met., contrive: P. and V. μηχανᾶσθαι, τεχνᾶσθαι, πλέκειν, V. ῥάπτειν; see contrive.

ignorance of the trouble brewing and gathering to a head: P. ἄγνοια τοῦ συνισταμένου καὶ φυομένου κακοῦ (Dem. 245).