Definition of ripen

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Ripen (v. t.) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn..

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Quadripennate :: Quadripennate (a.) Having four wings; -- said of insects.
Ripen :: Ripen (v. t.) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment..
Tripennate :: Tripennate (a.) Same as Tripinnate.
Inconcoction :: Inconcoction (n.) The state of being undigested; unripeness; immaturity.
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests..
Prematurity :: Prematurity (n.) The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius..
Epicarp :: Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
Guacharo :: Guacharo (n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird..
Maturate :: Maturate (a.) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
Rareripe :: Rareripe (n.) An early ripening fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach..
Endocarp :: Endocarp (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Kernel :: Kernel (v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Maturate :: Maturate (v. i.) To ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to suppurate..
Concoctive :: Concoctive (a.) Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.
Green :: Green (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc..
Geniting :: Geniting (n.) A species of apple that ripens very early.
Insolate :: Insolate (v. t.) To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure..
Ripe :: Ripe (v. t.) To mature; to ripen.
Kern :: Kern (v. i.) To harden, as corn in ripening..
Autocarpian :: Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape..
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