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ripen


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become ripe.
  2. to bring or come to maturity, the proper condition, etc.; mature.

verb

  1. to make or become ripe
v.

“to grow ripe,” 1560s, from ripe + -en (1). Related: Ripened; ripening. Earlier, the verb was simply ripe, from late Old English ripian, from the adjective.

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