ripen

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature, as in botany: grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

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