Definition of ripen

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Ripen (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun..

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Ripening :: Ripening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ripe.
Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Green :: Green (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc..
Ripen :: Ripen (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun..
Season :: Season (v. t.) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate..
Crudeness :: Crudeness (n.) A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans..
Prunus :: Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening..
Addle :: Addle (v. t. & i.) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
Ripe :: Ripe (v. i.) To ripen; to grow ripe.
Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.
Endocarp :: Endocarp (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Seed :: Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant..
Inconcoction :: Inconcoction (n.) The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.
Wineberry :: Wineberry (n.) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili..
Unripeness :: Unripeness (n.) Quality or state of being unripe.
Geniting :: Geniting (n.) A species of apple that ripens very early.
Maturative :: Maturative (a.) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration..
Insolate :: Insolate (v. t.) To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure..
Inconcocted :: Inconcocted (a.) Imperfectly digested, matured, or ripened..
Crust :: Crust (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing..
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