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riped is the simple past and past participle of ripe.

Meaning of ripe

Verb (1)

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. (intransitive) To ripen or mature.
    • […] he answer'd, "Do not so; / Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; / […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Verb (2)

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To search; to rummage.

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Words formed from riped

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What is riped the simple past and past participle of?
Riped is the simple past and past participle of ripe.

Words near riped in the dictionary

  1. ripe for the picking
  2. ripe for the plucking
  3. ripe old age
  4. ripeck
  5. ripecks
  6. riped
  7. ripeish
  8. ripely
  9. ripen
  10. ripen up
  11. ripened

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