Ripen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ripen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Ripen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripen v cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" Synonym(s): ripen, mature grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To approach or come to perfection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. t. 1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. 2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God. --Milton.