enripenv.
/ɛnˈrʌɪp(ə)n/ rare.
transitive. To make ripe; to mature. literal and figurative.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > mature
perfecta1398
ripea1398
season1545
ripen?1560
digest1607
mature1626
maturate1628
enripena1631
age1675
august1855
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 92 The summer how it inripened the yeare.
Derivatives
enˈripened adj.
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the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened
ripedOE
ripeOE
mature?1440
cherry-ripec1450
coct1497
thorough ripe1534
well-ripened1559
ripened1561
mellowy1612
summer-ripea1670
augusted1675
drop-ripe1829
blood-ripe1846
enripened1855
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Eclogues x, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 66 Vintager of your enripened bunch!
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