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ripeness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripeness  \Ripe"ness\,  n.  [AS.  r[=i]pness.] 
  The  state  or  quality  of  being  ripe;  maturity;;  completeness; 
  perfection;  as  the  ripeness  of  grain;  ripeness  of  manhood; 
  ripeness  of  judgment. 
 
  Time,  which  made  them  their  fame  outlive,  To  Cowley 
  scarce  did  ripeness  give  --Denham. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ripeness 
  n  :  the  state  of  being  ripe  [ant:  {greenness}] 




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