ripen

ripen
Synonyms and related words:
advance, age, alter into, attain majority, be converted into, bear fruit, beautify, become, better, bloom, blossom, blow, bring to maturity, change into, come of age, come round to, come to fruition, come to maturity, complete, crown, culminate, cultivate, develop, do to perfection, elaborate, embellish, enhance, evolute, evolve, evolve into, fall into, fester, finish, fledge, flourish, flower, grow, grow up, heighten, improve, intensify, lapse into, leave the nest, matter, maturate, mature, mellow, melt into, open into, pass into, perfect, polish, progress, rankle, reach its season, reach manhood, reach maturity, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, refine, ripe, ripen into, run, run into, season, settle down, settle into, shift into, suppurate, temper, toga virilis, turn into, turn to, wax, weep

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  • Ripen — Rip en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.] 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach or come to perfection. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripen — Rip en, v. t. 1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. [1913 Webster] 2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. [1913 Webster] When faith and love, which parted from thee… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripen — Ripen, Stift, so v.w. Ribe …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ripen — Ripen, dän. Amt und Stadt, s. Ribe …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ripen — Ripen, Stadt in Jütland, s. Ribe …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • ripen — index develop, mature, progress Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Ripen — Ripen,   deutscher Name der Stadt Ribe in Dänemark.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ripen — (v.) to grow ripe, 1560s, from RIPE (Cf. ripe) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Ripened; ripening. Earlier, the verb was simply ripe, from late O.E. ripian, from the adjective …   Etymology dictionary

  • ripen — *mature, develop, age Analogous words: *improve, better: enhance, heighten, *intensify: season (see HARDEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ripen — ► VERB ▪ become or make ripe …   English terms dictionary

  • ripen — [rī′pən] vi., vt. to become or make ripe; mature, age, cure, etc. ripener n …   English World dictionary

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