Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ripen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. t.
1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days
ripened the corn.
2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as,
to ripen the judgment.
When faith and love, which parted from thee never,
Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ripening}.]
1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers,
and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
2. To approach or come to perfection.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ripen
v 1: cause to ripen; "The sun ripens the fruit"
2: grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
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