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maturates

maturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maturate.

Meaning of maturate

Verb

maturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)

  1. (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
    • A tree may be maturated artificially.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  2. (transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
  3. (intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

Questions about maturates

What is maturates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maturate.

Words near maturates in the dictionary

  1. maturas
  2. maturase
  3. maturases
  4. maturate
  5. maturated
  6. maturates
  7. maturating
  8. maturation
  9. maturational
  10. maturationally
  11. maturationism

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