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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mature \Ma*ture"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
matured \matured\ adjective Fully grown.
Syn: full-blown. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
matured
adjective
1: fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose" [syn: {full-blown}]
2: fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" [syn: {mature}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "matured": adult, archetypical, blase, classic, complete, consummate, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, developed, entire, exemplary, experienced, expert, finished, full, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, fully developed, global, intact, knowing, masterful, masterly, maturated, mature, mellow, model, not born yesterday, old, perfected, polished, practiced, proficient, quintessential, refined, ripe, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, solid, sophisticated, total, tried, tried and true, unabbreviated, uncut, undiminished, unexpurgated, veteran, whole, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise
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