The process or fact of becoming ripe, ripening; (also) †ripeness (obsolete).

Ripening, maturing, or bringing to a state of perfection; also, the state of perfection so produced: maturation of what is coarse, impure, or…

The action of hatch, v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: something which is hatched, esp. a brood of young.

The action of the verb (in various senses).

The process of approaching or reaching the stage of being ready for consumption or use.

transferred and figurative. Applied esp. to the ‘brooding’ or ‘moving’ of the Divine Spirit over the face of the chaos at the Creation (Genesis i. 2).

The action or process of carrying young; the condition of being carried in the womb during the period between conception and birth.

Preparation by a natural process which gradually brings to perfection. Obsolete.

The action or process of bringing something to a fuller or more advanced condition; spec. the explanation or elaboration of an idea, theory, etc…

The action or an act of developing (in various senses of the verb).

The action or process of maturing a product or material, as wine, food, tobacco, rubber, pottery clay, etc.

The action of mature, v. (in various senses). Also with out.