meaning of ripens

1. The bank of a river.
2. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc. ; as, ripe grain.
3. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
4. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
5. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
6. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
7. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
8. Intoxicated.
9. To ripen; to grow ripe.
10. To mature; to ripen.
11. RIPE RÚseaux IP EuropÚens RIPEM Riordans Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RISCiX system> /risk-icks/ Or "RISC iX" BSD-based Unix developed by Acorn Computers Ltd. Cambridge, UK to run on 32-bit ARM RISC processors. RISCiX was launched circa 1989 for three production machines - the R140, R260, the discless R225; and other prototypes.
12. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of ">90"

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