ripe, rype

[A. S. ripe, prop.fit for reaping, from rip an to reap; cogn. with Dut. rijp =ripe; rijpen to ripen; Ger. reif (O. H. Ger. rif i )=ripe, reifen to ripen.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; matured sufficiently for use; mature; come to perfection in growth. (Said of things grown and used for food.) "Preye ye Lord of the ripe corn that he sende werk men into his ripe corn." -Wycliffe : Matthew ix. 2. Advanced or brought to the state of being fit for use; matured; as, ripe cheese, ripe wine. 3. Resembling ripe fruit in ruddine , plumpne , or the like. 4. Mature. 5. Fully developed; maturated, suppurated; as, a ripe humor. 6. Complete, finished, consummate; as, a ripe scholar. 7. Ready for action or effect; mature. "The question had long been ripe for settlement."London Daily Chronicle. *8. Fully qualified by gradual progre and im. prove ment. "At thirteen years he was ripe for the university." Fell . *ripe, s. [Lat. rip a .) A bank. "The right ripe of the river that there cometh downe." -Leland: Itinerary, iv. 110. *ripe (1), rype (1), v . i . & t . [RIPE, a.] A. In trans.: To become ripe; to mature, to ripen. "And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe ." Shakesp. As You Like It , ii. 7. B. Trans.: To make ripe; to ripen. "No sun to ripe the bloom." IMG:content-0672.png:[blocks in formation]