Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Maturate

Maturate , transitive verb

[Latin maturatus, past participle of maturare to make ripe, from maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a.]

1.
To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
A tree may be maturated artificially. — Fuller
2.
To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).

Maturate , intransitive verb

To ripen; to become mature; specifically, to suppurate.