Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become ripe.
- to bring or come to maturity, the proper condition, etc.; mature.
verb
- to make or become ripe
“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.