Ripe — Defs

01 n. The bank of a river.

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

1.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
“So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap.” — Milton.
2.
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
3.
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
“He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.” — Shak.
4.
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
5.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
“While things were just ripe for a war.” — Addison.

“I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.” — Burke.
6.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
“Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.” — Shak.
7.
Intoxicated.[Obs.]

Syn. Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.

03 v. i. To ripen; to grow ripe.

04 v. t. To mature; to ripen.