Ripe

rīp, adj. ready for harvest: arrived at perfection: fit for use: developed to the utmost: finished: ready: resembling ripe fruit: mature, as ripe judgment.— v.i. to grow ripe, to ripen.— v.t. ( Shak. ) to make ripe.— adv. Ripe′ly .— v.i. Rī′pen , to grow ripe: to approach or reach perfection.— v.t. to make ripe: to bring to perfection.— n. Ripe′ne . [A.S. ripe , conn. with rip , harvest; cog. with Dut. riip , Ger. reif ; akin to A.S. rip an , to reap.]