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Word: ripen (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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.

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