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Word: ripen
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Meaning:
Verb:
- intransitive To approach or come to perfection.
- intransitive to grow ripe; to become mature, as in botany: grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
- transitive To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
- transitive To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
Source: Wiktionary
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