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riper
(encz) | riper,zralejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Riper
(gcide) | Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (r[imac]p"[~e]r);
superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[imac]pe; akin to OS. r[imac]pi, D.
rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[imac]ft; cf. AS. r[imac]p harvest,
r[imac]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.]
1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
ripe grain.
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So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. --Milton.
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2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
cheese; ripe wine.
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3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
consummate. "Ripe courage." --Chaucer.
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.
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4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
sores, tumors, etc.
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5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
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While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.
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I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
bodies. --Burke.
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6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
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Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. --Shak.
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7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." --Shak.
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Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.
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griper
(encz) | griper, |
riper
(encz) | riper,zralejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
striper
(encz) | striper, n: |
Griper
(gcide) | Griper \Grip"er\, a.
One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. --Burton.
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Tripersonal
(gcide) | Tripersonal \Tri*per"son*al\ (tr[-i]*p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a.
[Pref. tri- + personal.]
Consisting of three persons. --Milton.
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Tripersonalist
(gcide) | Tripersonalist \Tri*per"son*al*ist\, n.
A Trinitarian.
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Tripersonality
(gcide) | Tripersonality \Tri*per`son*al"i*ty\, n.
The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead;
trinity.
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Tripery
(gcide) | Tripery \Trip"er*y\ (tr[imac]p"[~e]r*[y^]), n. [Cf. F.
triperie.]
A place where tripe is prepared or sold. --London Quart. Rev.
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candy striper
(wn) | candy striper
n 1: a volunteer worker in a hospital |
striper
(wn) | striper
n 1: a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate
rank or years of service; "he's a four-striper"
2: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn:
striped bass, striper]
3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes;
migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus
Morone [syn: striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis,
rockfish] |
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