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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Maturer \Ma*tur"er\, n.
   One who brings to maturity.
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