maturate

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

(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.
(medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
(medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

Synonyms edit

mature

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

maturate

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

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

maturate f pl

feminine plural of maturato

Latin edit

Participle edit

mātūrāte

vocative masculine singular of mātūrātus

References edit

“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.