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Mature
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) 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.
(2):
(superl.) Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
(3):
(superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
(4):
(v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
(5):
(v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
(6):
(v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note.
(7):
(superl.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mature'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mature.html. 1828.
