mature \mature"\, a. compar. maturer; superl. maturest.
   l. maturus; prob. akin to e. matin.
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   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.
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            now is love mature in ear.            --tennison.
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            how shall i meet, or how accost, the sage,
            unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age? --pope.
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   2. 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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            this lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for
            the violent breaking out.             --shak.
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   3. of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a
      man of mature years.
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   4. come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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   syn: ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready.

   usage: mature, ripe. both words describe fullness of
          growth. mature brings to view the progressiveness of
          the process; ripe indicates the result. we speak of a
          thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes
          through which it has passed; as ripe, when our
          attention is directed merely to its state. a mature
          judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe
          scholar.
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see also:
maturer maturest mature ripe