MATURE
\mət͡ʃˈʊ͡ə], \mətʃˈʊə], \m_ə_tʃ_ˈʊə]\
Definitions of MATURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
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fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
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having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
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characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
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fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
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cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
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grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
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become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
By Princeton University
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(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
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fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
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having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
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characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
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fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
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cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
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Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
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Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
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Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
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To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
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Hence, to become due, as a note.
By Oddity Software
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Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
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Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
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Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
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Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
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To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
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Hence, to become due, as a note.
By Noah Webster.
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To become ripe.
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To bring or hasten to full growth.
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Ripe; full-grown; completely developed; perfected; ready for use.
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maturer.
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Maturest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Grown to its full size: perfected: ripe: (med.) come to suppuration: fully digested, as a plan.
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To ripen: to bring to perfection: to prepare for use.
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To become ripe: to become payable, as a bill.
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MATURENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman