MAT'URATIVE, adjective Ripening; conducing to ripeness. 1. Conducing to suppuration, or the formation of matter in a tumor or abscess.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
MAT'URATIVE, adjective Ripening; conducing to ripeness. 1. Conducing to suppuration, or the formation of matter in a tumor or abscess.
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