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Maturate   Listen
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Maturate  v. t.  (past & past part. maturated; pres. part. maturating)  
1.
To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. "A tree may be maturated artificially."
2.
To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).


Maturate  v. i.  To ripen; to become mature; specifically, to suppurate.





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"Maturate" Quotes from Famous Books



... congregate, assemble, convene, muster, collect, concentrate; harvest, pick, glean, pluck, crop, reap; accumulate, amass, hoard, garner; contract, compress; pucker, plait, ruffle, shirr; infer, conclude, deduce; maturate. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... admirable Crichton; trump, very prince of. masterpiece, superexcellence &c. (goodness) 648[obs3]; transcendence &c. (superiority) 33. V. be perfect &c. adj.; transcend &c. (be supreme) 33. bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete &,,c. 729; put in trim &c. (prepare) 673; maturate. Adj. perfect, faultless; indefective[obs3], indeficient[obs3], indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection &c. 651; unblemished, uninjured &c. 659; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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