different between ripen vs ripened
ripen
English
Etymology
From Middle English *ripenen (suggested by deverbal ripening (“causing ripness; ripening”)), equivalent to ripe +? -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?p?n/
Verb
ripen (third-person singular simple present ripens, present participle ripening, simple past and past participle ripened)
- (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
- Grapes ripen in the sun.
- 1918, John Muir, Steep Trails Chapter XII
- […] the desert soil of the Great Basin is as rich in the elements that in rainy regions rise and ripen into food as that of any other State in the Union.
- (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
- The warm sun ripened the corn.
- (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection
- ripen the judgment
- 1673, John Milton, When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
- When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God
- When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
Derived terms
- overripen
- ripening
- ripener
- ripeness
Translations
Anagrams
- Perin, Piner, Prine, Repin, repin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ripen
- definite masculine singular of ripe
Alternative forms
- ripa
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- what ripens avocados
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ripened
English
Verb
ripened
- simple past tense and past participle of ripen
Anagrams
- Dnieper, pederin, red pine, repined
ripened From the web:
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- what ripened ovary of a flower
- ripened meaning
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- what ripened ovule
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