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riping

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riping is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about riping

What is riping the present participle and gerund of?
Riping is the present participle and gerund of ripe.

Words near riping in the dictionary

  1. ripieni
  2. ripienist
  3. ripienists
  4. ripieno
  5. ripienos
  6. riping
  7. ripiphorid
  8. ripiphorids
  9. Ripka
  10. Ripley
  11. Ripley County

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