Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.]
   To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]

Ripe \Ripe\, v. t.
   To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.]
   The bank of a river. [Obs.]

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[~e]r); superl.
   {Ripest}.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G.
   rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap.
   Cf. {Reap}.]
   1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
      perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
      ripe grain.

            So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
            Into thy mother's lap.                --Milton.

   2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
      cheese; ripe wine.

   3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
      consummate. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer.

            He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.

   4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
      sores, tumors, etc.

   5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.

            While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.

            I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
            bodies.                               --Burke.

   6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

            Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.
                                                  --Shak.

   7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak.

   Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.

Source : WordNet®

ripe
     adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
            "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" [syn: {mature}]
            [ant: {green}]
     2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for
        revolution" [syn: {ripe(p)}]
     3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
        time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the
        time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: {good},
         {right}]
     4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment
        or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
     5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
        years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: {advanced}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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