Ripen Definition

rīpən
ripened, ripening, ripens
verb
ripened, ripening, ripens
To make or become ripe or riper; mature.
American Heritage
To become or make ripe; mature, age, cure, etc.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
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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.
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Ripen Sentence Examples

  • The cones do not ripen till the second year.

  • The first flowers usually appear in June, and the bolls ripen from early in August.

  • Lift onions, and lay them out to ripen on a dry border or gravel-walk.

  • He states that the germ is never to be seen in the seed till the apices (anthers) shed their dust; and that if the stamina be cut out before the apices open, the seed will either not ripen, or be barren if it ripens.

  • The process begins with the formation of brilliant granules (A, B); these increase, and the brilliant substance gradually balls together (C) and forms the spores (D), one in each segment, which soon acquire a membrane and ripen (E).

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