Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Becoming mature; waxing ripe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Approaching maturity.
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- adjective Approaching
maturity .
Etymologies
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Latin maturescens, present participle of maturescere to become ripe, verb inchoate from maturus. See mature (adjective).
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