Definition of mature
- superl. - Brought by natural process to completeness of growth
and development; fitted by growth and development for any function,
action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
- superl. - Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared;
ready for action; made ready for destined application or use;
perfected; as, a mature plan.
- superl. - Of or pertaining to a condition of full development;
as, a man of mature years.
- superl. - Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
- v. t. - To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in;
to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
- v. i. - To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
- v. i. - Hence, to become due, as a note.