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mature |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus prob. akin to E. matin.] 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action or state, appropriate to its kind full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out fully digested or prepared; ready for action made ready for destined application or use perfected; as a mature plan This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as a man of mature years. 4. Come to or in a state of completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr & vb n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in to ripen; to complete; as to mature one's plans. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence to become due, as a note. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mature adj 1: characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age" [ant: {immature}] 2: fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" [syn: {matured}] 3: having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" [ant: {immature}] 4: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" [syn: {ripe}] [ant: {green}] 5: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination [syn: {fledged}] [ant: {unfledged}] v 1: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: {maturate}, {grow}] 2: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully" [syn: {age}, {maturate}]
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