maturate

English

Etymology

From Latin māturātus, perfect passive participle of māturō (“to ripen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French maturer.

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, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     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

• mature

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.