RIPE, a. 1. Brought to perfection in growth or to the best state; mature; fit for use; as ripe fruit; ripe corn.2. Advanced to perfection; matured; as ripe judgment, or ripe in judgment.3. Finished; consummate; as a ripe scholar.4. Brought to the point of taking effect; matured; ready; prepared; as things just ripe for war.5. Fully qualified by improvement; prepared; as a student ripe for the university; a saint ripe for heaven.6. Resembling the ripeness of fruit; as a ripe lip.7. Complete; proper for use.When time is ripe.8. Maturated; suppurated; as an abscess or tumor.RIPE, v.i. To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. [Not used. See Ripen.] RIPE, v.t. To mature; to ripen. [Not used.]
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