Usually means: Maturation process enhancing flavor, texture.
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  1. ripens: Merriam-Webster
  2. ripens: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ripens: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ripens, ripens: Wordnik
  5. ripens: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ripens: Wiktionary
  7. ripens: Dictionary.com
  8. ripens: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. ripens: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ripens: Legal dictionary

(Note: See ripen as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ripen)

verb:  (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
verb:  (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
verb:  (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection
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