maturate

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English

Etymology

Latin maturatus, past participle of maturare (“to make ripe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmætjʊɹeɪt/, /ˈmæt͡ʃəɹeɪt/

Verb

maturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)

  1. (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC:
      A tree may be maturated artificially.
  2. (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
  3. (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

maturate

  1. inflection of maturare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

maturate f pl

  1. feminine plural of maturato

Latin

Participle

mātūrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrātus

References

  • “maturate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maturate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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