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▸ adjective:  (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
▸ adjective:  (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
▸ adjective:  (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
▸ adjective:  Ready for action or effect; prepared.
▸ adjective:  Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Intoxicated.
▸ adjective:  (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
▸ adjective:  Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
▸ noun:  (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
▸ verb:  To ripen or mature
▸ noun:  The bank of a river.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.
▸ adjective:  (proscribed, used with with) Rife
▸ noun:  A village in Chalvington with Ripe parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5110).

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