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matured, ppl. a.|məˈtjʊəd|
[f. mature v. + -ed1.]
Ripened; fully developed or grown; perfected or completed.
1676Evelyn Terra 53 On this [cast] a layer of well-matur'd Dung. 1805A. Knox Rem. (1834) I. 1 This matured state of grace. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 75 He brought a rich and matured mind to the first employment of it. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola vi, The matured scholarship of Messere. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens vi. 166 He seemed to stand erect in the strength of his matured powers. 1886C. Scott Sheep-farming 38 Sheep prefer the fresh growth to matured blades. |