RIPE, adjective 1. Brought to perfection in growth or to the best state; mature; fit for use; as ripe fruit; ripe corn. 2. Advanced to perfection; matured; as ripe judgment, or ripe in judgment. 3. Finished; consummate; as a ripe scholar. 4. Brought to the point of taking effect; matured; ready; prepared; as things just ripe for war. 5. Fully qualified by improvement; prepared; as a student ripe for the university; a saint ripe for heaven. 6. Resembling the ripeness of fruit; as a ripe lip. 7. Complete; proper for use. When time is ripe 8. Maturated; suppurated; as an abscess or tumor. RIPE, verb intransitive To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. [Not used. See Ripen.] RIPE, verb transitive To mature; to ripen. [Not used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI