maturate

English

Etymology

Latin maturatus, past participle of maturare (to make ripe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmætjʊɹeɪt/, /ˈmæt͡ʃəɹeɪt/

Verb

maturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)

  1. (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; [], London: [] Iohn Williams [], →OCLC:
      A tree may be maturated artificially.
  2. (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
  3. (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

Synonyms

Italian

Verb

maturate

  1. inflection of maturare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

maturate f pl

  1. feminine plural of maturato

Latin

Participle

mātūrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrātus

References

  • maturate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maturate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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