Ripen

Ripen

Ripen, Stift, so v.w. Ribe.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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  • Ripen — Rip en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.] 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach or come to perfection. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripen — Rip en, v. t. 1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. [1913 Webster] 2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. [1913 Webster] When faith and love, which parted from thee… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripen — Ripen, dän. Amt und Stadt, s. Ribe …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ripen — Ripen, Stadt in Jütland, s. Ribe …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • ripen — index develop, mature, progress Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Ripen — Ripen,   deutscher Name der Stadt Ribe in Dänemark.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ripen — (v.) to grow ripe, 1560s, from RIPE (Cf. ripe) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Ripened; ripening. Earlier, the verb was simply ripe, from late O.E. ripian, from the adjective …   Etymology dictionary

  • ripen — *mature, develop, age Analogous words: *improve, better: enhance, heighten, *intensify: season (see HARDEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ripen — ► VERB ▪ become or make ripe …   English terms dictionary

  • ripen — [rī′pən] vi., vt. to become or make ripe; mature, age, cure, etc. ripener n …   English World dictionary

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