What does "ripen" mean?
Ripen: To approach or come to perfection.
Additional senses
- 2.To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
- 3.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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