Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ripe

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ripe


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(1):

(superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

(2):

(superl.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

(3):

(n.) The bank of a river.

(4):

(superl.) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.

(5):

(superl.) Ready for action or effect; prepared.

(6):

(superl.) Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

(7):

(superl.) Intoxicated.

(8):

(v. i.) To ripen; to grow ripe.

(9):

(v. t.) To mature; to ripen.

(10):

(superl.) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.