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ing 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.

Maturely; at the fit time. Shak.

To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. Denham.

Having feet like those of a goat.

Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. R. Owen. Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Cen…

Centripetency.

Tendency toward the center.

e nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

One of the Cirripedia.

An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.

A vulture; the griffin. [Obs.] Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws. Shak. Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson.

Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.

Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.

Matured to excess. Milton.

To make too ripe. Shak.

Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.