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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIPE, a.
1. Brought to perfection in growth or to the best state; mature; fit for use; as ripe fruit; ripe corn.
2. Advanced to perfection; matured; as ripe judgment, or ripe in judgment.
3. Finished; consummate; as a ripe scholar.
4. Brought to the point of taking effect; matured; ready; prepared; as things just ripe for war.
5. Fully qualified by improvement; prepared; as a student ripe for the university; a saint ripe for heaven.
6. Resembling the ripeness of fruit; as a ripe lip.
7. Complete; proper for use.
When time is ripe.
8. Maturated; suppurated; as an abscess or tumor.
RIPE, v.i. To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. [Not used. See Ripen.]
RIPE, v.t. To mature; to ripen. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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]
2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, right, ripe]
4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: advanced, ripe]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (riper; ripest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English r?pe; akin to Old English r?pan, reopan to reap Date: before 12th century 1. fully grown and developed ; mature <ripe fruit> <ripe wheat> 2. having mature knowledge, understanding, or judgment 3. of advanced years ; late <a ripe old age> 4. a. suitable, appropriate <the time was ripe for the attempt> b. fully prepared ; ready <the colonies were ripe for revolution> 5. a. brought by aging to full flavor or the best state ; mellow <ripe cheese> b. smelly, stinking 6. ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit <a ripe figure> 7. indecent <ripe language> • ripely adverb • ripeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of grain, fruit, cheese, etc.) ready to be reaped or picked or eaten. 2 mature; fully developed (ripe in judgement; a ripe beauty). 3 (of a person's age) advanced. 4 (often foll. by for) fit or ready (when the time is ripe; land ripe for development). 5 (of the complexion etc.) red and full like ripe fruit. Derivatives: ripely adv. ripeness n. Etymology: OE ripe f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ripe Ripe, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ripe Ripe, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ripe Ripe (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ripe Ripe (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (-[~e]r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.] 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. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer. 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.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(riper, ripest) 1. Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat. Always choose firm, but ripe fruit. ...fields of ripe wheat. ADJ • ripeness Test the figs for ripeness. 2. If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera... ADJ: v-link ADJ for n/-ing 3. If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old. He lived to the ripe old age of 95. PHRASE: prep PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Mature, mellow, perfected by growth. 2. Fit, prepared, ready, in readiness. 3. Consummate, finished, perfect, perfected, complete, accomplished.

Moby Thesaurus

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