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[v.] (dīengsā) EN: be sensible ; know the way of the world ; be intelligent ; be responsible ; be mature ; be of age ; reach the age of discretion ; know what is right or wrong FR: être raisonnable ; être sensé ; être avisé ; faire preuve de maturité
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)
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.
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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.
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2. Hence, to become due, as a note.
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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.]
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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.
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Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison.
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How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage,
Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age? --Pope.
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2. 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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This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for
the violent breaking out. --Shak.
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3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a
man of mature years.
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4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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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.
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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}]
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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.
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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}]
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