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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripe  \Ripe\  (r[imac]p),  a.  [Compar.  {Riper}  (-[~e]r);  superl. 
  {Ripest}.]  [AS.  r[=i]pe;  akin  to  OS  r[=i]pi,  D.  rijp,  G. 
  rief,  OHG.  r[=i]ft;  cf  AS  r[=i]p  harvest,  r[=i]pan  to  reap. 
  Cf  {Reap}.] 
  1.  Ready  for  reaping  or  gathering;  having  attained 
  perfection;  mature;  --  said  of  fruits,  seeds,  etc.;  as 
  ripe  grain. 
 
  So  mayst  thou  live,  till,  like  ripe  fruit,  thou  drop 
  Into  thy  mother's  lap.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Advanced  to  the  state  of  fitness  for  use  mellow;  as  ripe 
  cheese;  ripe  wine. 
 
  3.  Having  attained  its  full  development;  mature;  perfected; 
  consummate.  ``Ripe  courage.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  He  was  a  scholar,  and  a  ripe  and  good  one  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Maturated  or  suppurated;  ready  to  discharge;  --  said  of 
  sores,  tumors,  etc 
 
  5.  Ready  for  action  or  effect;  prepared. 
 
  While  things  were  just  ripe  for  a  war.  --Addison. 
 
  I  am  not  ripe  to  pass  sentence  on  the  gravest  public 
  bodies.  --Burke. 
 
  6.  Like  ripened  fruit  in  ruddiness  and  plumpness. 
 
  Those  happy  smilets,  That  played  on  her  ripe  lip. 
  --Shak. 
 
  7.  Intoxicated.  [Obs.]  ``Reeling  ripe.''  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Mature;  complete;  finished.  See  {Mature}. 

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