Mature
Definition of Mature
Ma`ture´ | a. | 1. | | | 1. | 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.Now is love mature in ear. - Tennison. | | 2. | Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. | | 3. | Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. | | 4. | Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. | | v. t. | 1. | To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. | | v. i. | 1. | To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. | | 2. | Hence, to become due, as a note. |
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