RIPE

The bank of a river. [Obs.]

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.

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

Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. Shak.

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

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.

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. Shak.

Intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." Shak.

To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]

To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] Shak.