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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ripen \Rip"en\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.]
1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
2. To approach or come to perfection.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ripened
adjective: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses" [syn: {aged}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "ripened": adult, archetypical, blase, classic, consummate, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, developed, exemplary, experienced, expert, finished, full-blown, fully developed, knowing, masterful, masterly, mature, matured, mellow, model, not born yesterday, old, perfected, polished, practiced, proficient, quintessential, refined, ripe, sagacious, seasoned, sophisticated, tried, tried and true, veteran, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise
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