RIPEN

ripen

(verb) grow ripe; “The plums ripen in July”

ripen, mature

(verb) cause to ripen or develop fully; “The sun ripens the fruit”; “Age matures a good wine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

ripen (third-person singular simple present ripens, present participle ripening, simple past and past participle ripened)

(intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)

(intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.

(transitive) To cause to mature; to make ripe

(transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection

Anagrams

• Perin, Piner, Prine, Repin, repin

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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