Ripe

Definition of Ripe

Pronunciation: rīp

n.	1.	The bank of a river.
a.	1.	Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; - said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. - Milton.
	2.	Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
	3.	Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. - Shak.
	4.	Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; - said of sores, tumors, etc.
	5.	Ready for action or effect; prepared. While things were just ripe for a war. - Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. - Burke.
	6.	Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. - Shak.
	7.	Intoxicated.
v. i.	1.	To ripen; to grow ripe.
v. t.	1.	To mature; to ripen.

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