ripe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -aɪp

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ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
   • 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:

     nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
   • 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories^[1], ISBN 0912516542, page 18:

     He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.

7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,

     Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?

8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
   • 2004, Kenneth F. Warren, Administrative Law in the Political System^[2], ISBN 0813341167, page 427:

     Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.

9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
   • 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River^[3], ISBN 0312423381, page 141:

     Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.

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• unripe

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• ripeness

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• ripen

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ripe (plural ripes)

1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
   • 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators^[4], ISBN 0842024395, page 76:

     When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.

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

1. To ripen or mature
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene VIII,

   ALONSO: […] Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; […]

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• Alphagram: eipr
• peri
• pier

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ripe

1. First-person singular present indicative of riper.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of riper.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of riper.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of riper.
5. Second-person singular imperative of riper.

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• Alphagram: eipr
• péri
• pire
• prie, prié

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ripe f.

1. Plural form of ripa.