Definition
| • | To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. |
| • | To approach or come to perfection. |
| • | To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. |
| • | To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. |
