KJV Dictionary Definition: ripe

ripe

RIPE, a.

1. Brought to perfection in growth or to the best state; mature; fit for use; as ripe fruit; ripe corn.

2. Advanced to perfection; matured; as ripe judgment, or ripe in judgment.

3. Finished; consummate; as a ripe scholar.

4. Brought to the point of taking effect; matured; ready; prepared; as things just ripe for war.

5. Fully qualified by improvement; prepared; as a student ripe for the university; a saint ripe for heaven.

6. Resembling the ripeness of fruit; as a ripe lip.

7. Complete; proper for use.

When time is ripe.

8. Maturated; suppurated; as an abscess or tumor.

RIPE, v.i. To ripen; to grow ripe; to be matured. Not used. See Ripen.

RIPE, v.t. To mature; to ripen. Not used.

ripely

RI'PELY, adv. Maturely; at the fit time.

ripeness

RI'PENESS, n.

1. The state of being ripe or brought to that state of perfection which fits for use; maturity; as the ripeness of grain.

2. Full growth.

Time which made them their fame outlive, to Cowley scarce did ripeness give.

3. Perfection; completeness; as the ripeness of virtue, wisdom or judgment.

4. Fitness; qualification.

5. Complete maturation or suppuration, as of an ulcer or abscess.

6. A state of preparation; as the ripeness of a project for execution.