matures
verb
Meaning
- To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
- (of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
- To bring (something) to maturity, full development or completion.
- To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
- (of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
- To make (someone) mature.
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