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Ripe (r&ī;p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.]
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Ripe (r&ī;p), a. [Compar. Riper (r&ī;p"&etilde_;r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r&ī;pe; akin to OS. r&ī;pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r&ī;ft; cf. AS. r&ī;p harvest, r&ī;pan to reap. Cf. Reap.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
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So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. Milton.
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2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
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3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. “Ripe courage.” Chaucer.
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. Shak.
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4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
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5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
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While things were just ripe for a war. Addison.
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I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. Burke.
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6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
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Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. Shak.
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7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] “Reeling ripe.” Shak.
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Syn. -- Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.
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Ripe, v. i. [AS. r&ī;pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
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Ripe, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] Shak.
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