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- Latin · borrowed frommāturātus
- English todaymaturate
From Latin māturātus, perfect passive participle of māturō (“to ripen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French maturer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
maturate
Today it means: To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. Full definition →
Latin māturātus