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(), a.[Compar.Maturer (); superl.Maturest.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] 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. Tennyson. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. Shak. 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. Syn. -- Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. -- Mature, Ripe. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of Mature" (), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Matured (); p. pr. & vb. n.Maturing.] [See Maturate, Mature.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. Bacon. Mature" 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. スポンサード リンク
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