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v. To make or become ripe or riper; mature. See Synonyms at mature.

v. to grow ripe; to become mature, as in botany: grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

v. To approach or come to perfection.

v. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.

v. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

verb-intransitive. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like.

verb-intransitive. To approach or come to perfection.

v. To cause to mature; to make ripe.

v. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection.

To grow ripe; come to maturity, as grain or fruit: used by extension of the maturing of anything, as of a boil.

To become fit for some particular use by lying or resting.

To approach or come to completeness or perfection; come to a state of fitness or readiness; be prepared or made ready: as, the project is ripening for execution.

Synonyms See mature, a.

To mature; make ripe, as grain or fruit.

To bring to maturity, perfection, or completion; develop to a desired or desirable state.

To make fit or ready for use.

v. grow ripe

v. cause to ripen or develop fully

""Though I have no illusions in the direction of expecting the fruit of general peace to ripen in a single night, I am nevertheless convinced that the fruit _has begun to ripen_, and that it is now only a question of holding out whether we are to obtain a general honourable peace or not."

ripened    ripening    ripens   

maturate    mature    grow    change    modify    alter   

develop    curer   

ripened    ripening   

mature    enripen    mellow    gather    heady