Crossword clues for ripened
ripened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ripened;p. pr. & vb. n. Ripening.]
To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
To approach or come to perfection.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: ripen)
WordNet
adj. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses" [syn: aged]
Usage examples of "ripened".
However, I left everything as it was, as my plans had not been sufficiently ripened by time for me to appropriate any object in particular.
I still loved the fair sex, though my ardour had decreased, my experience had ripened, and my caution increased.
In the evening, he exerted himself so far as to walk with his daughter to view the environs that overlook the lake of Leucate, the Mediterranean, part of Rousillon, with the Pyrenees, and a wide extent of the luxuriant province of Languedoc, now blushing with the ripened vintage, which the peasants were beginning to gather.
The fresh tomatoes, he knew, would be worth their weight in rhenium when they ripened.
Since 1880 I have sown seed ripened on plants that were bloomed for indoor decoration, it being ready about February.
The num-num season Num-num time is a time of plenty in the forest for, in February, at the height of the rainy season, the prickly pears ripened, the wild plums lost their biting acidity as they too ripened, and the marulas were heavy with thousands of fruits that would drop in March.
Therefore, on the day when this plan, slowly and solitarily ripened, shall break forth, it will break forth with all the conditions of success which always accompany an unforeseen event.
But something like this transformation was seen when Octavian, the crafty and selfish intriguer, ripened into the wise and statesmanlike Augustus.
Myrtle resigned herself to the guidance of the lovely phantom, which seemed so much fuller of the unextinguished fire of life, and so like herself as she would grow to be when noon should have ripened her into maturity.
Secretary of the Treasury were wondering how often varioloid proved fatal or if it ever ripened into black smallpox or if black smallpox in a President were grounds for impeachment.
It does not seem that the acquaintance thus opened with the Addisonians ripened very rapidly, or led to any considerable results.
We were boys together at Eton, and the associations of youth ripened with maturity into the most sincere friendly attachment, which was materially assisted by the similarity of our dispositions and pursuits, during our residence at college.
Andris had not been witness to many conversations between Fraxinus and Ereleth but it was common knowledge in the camp that their inevitable differences of opinion regarding the future of the expedition and its members had ripened into a profound mutual dislike.
Where Manley had built his hayrack she had yesterday discovered some ends of planking hidden away in the rank, ripened weeds and grass.
But whoso reaps the ripened corn Shall shout in his delight, While silences vanish away.