Meanings
verbmaturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)
present singular third person maturates · participle present maturating · participle past maturated · past maturated
- transitiveTo bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
A tree may be maturated artificially.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI) - transitivemedicineTo promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
- intransitivemedicineTo undergo perfect suppuration.
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Origin
- Latinmāturātus
- Englishmaturate
From Latin māturātus, perfect passive participle of māturō (“to ripen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French maturer.
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