Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ripe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.]
To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripe \Ripe\, v. t.
To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.]
The bank of a river. [Obs.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ripe
adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
"ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" [syn: {mature}]
[ant: {green}]
2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for
revolution" [syn: {ripe(p)}]
3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the
time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: {good},
{right}]
4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment
or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: {advanced}]
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