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Riper

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (r[imac]p"[~e]r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.]

  1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

    So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap.
    --Milton.

  2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

  3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. ``Ripe courage.''
    --Chaucer.

    He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
    --Shak.

  4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

  5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.

    While things were just ripe for a war.
    --Addison.

    I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
    --Burke.

  6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

    Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.
    --Shak.

  7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.''
    --Shak.

    Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.

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riper

a. (en-comparative of: ripe)