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Maturescent
(gcide) | Maturescent \Mat`u*res"cent\, a. [L. maturescens, p. pr. of
maturescere to become ripe, v. incho. from maturus. See
Mature, a.]
Approaching maturity.
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Maturest
(gcide) | Mature \Ma*ture"\, 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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