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maturate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maturate  \Mat"u*rate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Maturated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Maturating}.]  [L.  maturatus  p.  p.  of  maturare  to 
  make  ripe,  fr  maturus  ripe,  mature.  See  {Mature},  v.  &  a.] 
  1.  To  bring  to  ripeness  or  maturity;  to  ripen. 
 
  A  tree  may  be  maturated  artificially.  --Fuller. 
 
  2.  To  promote  the  perfect  suppuration  of  (an  abscess). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maturate  \Mat"u*rate\,  v.  i. 
  To  ripen;  to  become  mature;  specif?cally,  to  suppurate. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  maturate 
  v  1:  develop  and  reach  maturity;  undergo  maturation;  "He  matured 
  fast";  "The  child  grew  fast"  [syn:  {mature},  {grow}] 
  2:  grow  old  or  older;  "She  aged  gracefully"  [syn:  {age},  {mature}] 




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