\Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.]
[L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.]
1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and
   development; fitted by growth and development for any
   function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind;
   full-grown; ripe.
         Now is love mature in ear.            --Tennison.
         How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled
         in speech, nor yet mature of age ?    --Pope.
2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready
   for action; made ready for destined application or use;
   perfected; as, a mature plan.
         This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for
         the violent breaking out.             --Shak.
3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a
   man of mature years.
4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready.
Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of
       growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of
       the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a
       thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes
       through which it has passed; as ripe, when our
       attention is directed merely to its state. A mature
       judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe
       scholar.

\Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.]
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to
ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon.

\Ma*ture"\, v. i.
1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
   matures by age; the judgment matures by age and
   experience.
2. Hence, to become due, as a note.