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ripened, a.|ˈraɪp(ə)nd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Advanced or brought to ripeness, maturity, or full development.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 77 Hir cheekes like ripened lillies steept in wine. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 116 Keepe me in patience, and with ripened time Vnfold the euil. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. i. xlvii, The ripen'd child breaks through his mothers womb. 1712Steele Spect. No. 496 ⁋1 [They] tempered the forward Ambition..of ripen'd Manhood with Discretion. 1786Burns Vision ii. xv, When ripen'd fields, and azure skies, Call'd forth the Reaper's rustling noise. 1818Keats Endym. i. 253 O thou, to whom Broad leaved fig trees even now foredoom Their ripen'd fruitage. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 215 Heavenly influences can but injure the ripened sinner, as dew, rain, sun, but injure the ripened fruit. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 242 He thus succeeded in obtaining 450 ripened capsules full of seeds. |