mature

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. -- 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 ]

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 ]

adj. Fully grown.
Syn. -- full-blown. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With caution; deliberately. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Early; soon. [ A Latinism, little used ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of maturing; coming to full development; becoming mature; maturation.
Syn. -- maturation, maturing, ripening. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or quality of being mature; maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brings to maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]