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matured

matured is the simple past and past participle of mature.

Meaning of mature

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

  1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
    • […] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection.1797, Mr. Harrison, “A Biographical Sketch of Hogarth”, in The Comick Magazine, volume 1, London: Harrison and Co., page 3
    Synonyms:
    develop, grow, progress, ripen
  2. (intransitive, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
    • […] Trees […] have alwayes Fruit upon them, ripe, or preparing to mature;1670, John Evelyn, chapter 35, in Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-trees, London, page 246
    Synonyms:
    ripen, ripen up
  3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
    • […] But these thoughts
      Full Counsel must mature:1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 1, lines 659–660
  4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
    • […] a ship well freighted with the stores
      The sun matures on India’s spicy shores,1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems, London: J. Johnson, page 202
    Synonyms:
    ripen
  5. (intransitive) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
    Synonyms:
    age, develop, grow up
  6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.
    • Then Tom shall have his kite, and Fan new dollies,
      Till time matures them for important follies.1776, Hannah Cowley, The Runaway, London: Prologue
    Synonyms:
    age, antiquate, eld, obsolete

See all 12 meanings of mature

Forms of matured

comparativemore matured
superlativemost matured

Words formed from matured

Questions about matured

What is matured the simple past and past participle of?
Matured is the simple past and past participle of mature.

Words near matured in the dictionary

  1. mature minors
  2. mature student
  3. mature students
  4. mature-age student
  5. mature-age students
  6. matured
  7. maturely
  8. maturement
  9. matureness
  10. maturer
  11. maturers

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