The state of being mature, ready or ripe. prime state of productibility and self expression. / When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.

Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. / Brought to a state of complete readiness. / Profound; careful.

(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).

capable of maturing

present participle of mature

simple past tense and past participle of mature

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mature

(transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. / (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). / (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

In a mature manner. / Acting with maturity.

The process of becoming mature. / (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. / (medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.