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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to become due, as a note. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mature \Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. [1913 Webster] How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age? --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. [1913 Webster] This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. [1913 Webster] 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. [1913 Webster] Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: developed \developed\ adj. 1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; as, the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook; the state's well-developed industries. Oppositre of {undeveloped}. [Narrower terms: {formulated}; {mature}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; -- of real estate. new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river Syn: improved. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: mature adj 1: characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age" [ant: {immature}] 2: fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" [syn: {mature}, {matured}] 3: having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" [ant: {immature}] 4: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" [syn: {ripe}, {mature}] [ant: {green}, {immature}, {unripe}, {unripened}] 5: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination [syn: {fledged}, {mature}] [ant: {immature}, {unfledged}] v 1: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: {mature}, {maturate}, {grow}] 2: develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts" 3: become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005" 4: cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" [syn: {ripen}, {mature}] 5: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-- what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn: {senesce}, {age}, {get on}, {mature}, {maturate}] 6: cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" [syn: {suppurate}, {mature}]