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adjective

Ripe adj. (compar. riper; superl. ripest)

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."

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

Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." "He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one."

Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; said of sores, tumors, etc.

Ready for action or effect; prepared. "While things were just ripe for a war." "I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies."

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. "Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip."

Intoxicated. (Obs.) "Reeling ripe."

Synonyms: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.

noun

Ripe n. The bank of a river. (Obs.)

verb

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

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

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Etymology of 'Ripe'

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"Ripe" Quotes from Famous Books

... Swam across and lived to carry (As he, the manuscript he cherished) To Rat-land home his commentary, Which was: "At the first shrill notes of the pipe, I heard a sound as of scraping tripe, And putting apples, wondrous ripe, Into a cider-press's gripe,— And a moving away of pickle-tub-boards, And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards, And a drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks, And a breaking the hoops of butter-casks; And it seemed as ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 1 (of 4) • Various

... and may then prostitute herself without any scandal. If she has no inclination or relish for this way of life, they compel her to it, in regard to their young men, who do not care to marry, till they are arrived at full-ripe years, and for whom, on their return from their warlike or hunting expeditions, they think it necessary to provide such objects of amusement. They pretend withal, that they are subject to insupportable pains in their loins, if such a remedy is not at hand ...

— An Account Of The Customs And Manners Of The Micmakis And Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent On The Government Of Cape-Breton • Antoine Simon Maillard

... the garden of the Lord and came swarming by hundreds to feast and adventure upon it these last few weeks before migration. Never was there a finer feast spread for the birds. The grasses were filled with seeds: so, too, were weeds of every variety. Fall berries were ripe. Wild grapes and black haws were ready. Bugs were creeping everywhere. The muck was yeasty with worms. Insects filled the air. Nature made glorious pause for holiday before her next change, and by none of the frequenters of the swamp was this more appreciated ...

— Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter

... recommended to all their fellow-citizens by the nominating committee of the Anti-Approved-Sublimated-Politico-Tangents, as the real gentleman, a ripe scholar, [Footnote: I afterwards found this was a common phrase in Leaplow, being uniformly applied to every monikin who wore spectacles.] an enlightened ...

— The Monikins • J. Fenimore Cooper

... development, after the discharge of spermatozoa in the breeding season the spermatogonia divide and proliferate, forming groups of cells known as spermatocysts. In June and July spermatogenesis is active, and from August to October the formation of ripe spermatozoa is completed. ...

— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham

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