Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maturated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maturate \Mat"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maturated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Maturating}.] [L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to
make ripe, fr. maturus ripe, mature. See {Mature}, v. & a.]
1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
A tree may be maturated artificially. --Fuller.
2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
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