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143 words match “MATURE”

MATURE a. 7 definitions
or any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age Pope.
MATURELY adv. 3 definitions
In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
MATURENESS n.
The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
MATURER n.
One who brings to maturity.
MATURESCENT a.
Approaching maturity.
ACCLIMATURE n.
The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [R.] Caldwell.
ARMATURE n. 3 definitions
Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
CLIMATURE n.
A climate. [Obs.] Shak.
DISARMATURE n.
The act of divesting of armature. [R.]
IMMATURE a. 2 definitions
Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." Bacon.
IMMATURED a.
Immature.
IMMATURELY adv.
In an immature manner. Warburion.
IMMATURENESS n.
The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.
LIMATURE n. 2 definitions
The act of filing.
PLASMATURE n.
Form; mold. [R.]
PREMATURE a. 3 definitions
Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.
RING ARMATURE n.
An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
ABORT v.
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
ABORTED a. 2 definitions
Brought forth prematurely.
ABORTIFACIENT a.
A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
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