[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ripe \ripe\ rimacp, n. l. ripa.
   the bank of a river. obs.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ripe \ripe\, v. i. as. rimacpian.
   to ripen; to grow ripe. obs.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ripe \ripe\, v. t.
   to mature; to ripen. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ripe \ripe\ rimacp, a. compar. riper rimacp"~er;
   superl. ripest. as. rimacpe; akin to os. rimacpi, d.
   rijp, g. rief, ohg. rimacft; cf. as. rimacp harvest,
   rimacpan to reap. cf. reap.
   1. ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
      perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
      ripe grain.
      1913 webster

            so mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
            into thy mother's lap.                --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
      cheese; ripe wine.
      1913 webster

   3. having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
      consummate. "ripe courage." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
      sores, tumors, etc.
      1913 webster

   5. ready for action or effect; prepared.
      1913 webster

            while things were just ripe for a war. --addison.
      1913 webster

            i am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
            bodies.                               --burke.
      1913 webster

   6. like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
      1913 webster

            those happy smilets,
            that played on her ripe lip.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. intoxicated. obs. "reeling ripe." --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: mature; complete; finished. see mature.
        1913 webster
see also:
riper ripest reap mature 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ripe
     adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
            "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" syn: mature
            ant: green
     2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for
        revolution" syn: ripep
     3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
        time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the
        time is ripe for great sociological changes" syn: good,
         right
     4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment
        or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
     5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
        years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" syn: advanced
see also:
mature green ripep good right advanced 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

141 moby thesaurus words for "ripe":
   accomplished, adult, age, aged, all ready, all set, appropriate,
   apt, archetypical, armed, armed and ready, auspicious, befitting,
   blase, booted and spurred, briefed, classic, coached, cocked,
   complete, consummate, convenient, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite,
   dependable, develop, developed, eager, enthusiastic, entire,
   equipped, exemplary, expedient, experienced, expert, familiarized,
   favorable, felicitous, finished, fit, fitting, fortunate, full,
   full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, fully developed,
   global, good and ready, groomed, grow, grow up, grown, grown-up,
   happy, ideal, in arms, in battle array, in full bloom,
   in readiness, in the saddle, informed, intact, knowing, loaded,
   loaded for bear, lucky, marriageable, masterful, masterly,
   maturate, maturated, mature, matured, meet, mellow, mellowed,
   mobilized, model, not born yesterday, nubile, of age,
   of marriageable age, old, on the mark, opportune, overdue,
   perfected, planned, polished, practiced, prearranged, prepared,
   prepared and ready, prepped, primed, proficient, proper,
   propitious, provided, providential, psyched up, qualified,
   quintessential, ready, ready for anything, refined, reliable,
   right, ripen, ripened, sagacious, sage, seasonable, seasoned, set,
   solid, sophisticated, sortable, suitable, tempered, timely, total,
   tried, tried and true, unabbreviated, uncut, undiminished,
   unexpurgated, up in arms, veteran, vigilant, virtuosic,
   well-prepared, well-timed, whole, wise, world-wise, worldly,
   worldly-wise

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

ripe
     reseaux ip europeenne europenet
     
     

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

ripe
     
        reseaux ip europeens
     
     
see also:
reseaux ip europeens 

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