Ripe
Ripe (rīp) , noun
[Latin ripa.]
The bank of a river. [Obsolete]
Ripe (rīp) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon rīpe; akin to Old Saxon rīpi, Dutch rijp, German rief, Old High German rīft; compare Anglo-Saxon rīp harvest, rīpan to reap. Compare Reap.]
1.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap.
2.
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
3.
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
Ripe courage.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
4.
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
5.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
While things were just ripe for a war.
I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
6.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip.
7.
Intoxicated. [Obsolete]
Reeling ripe.
Ripe , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon rīpian.]
To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obsolete]
Ripe , transitive verb
To mature; to ripen. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare