From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (r[imac]p"[~e]r);
superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[imac]pe; akin to OS. r[imac]pi, D.
rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[imac]ft; cf. AS. r[imac]p harvest,
r[imac]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.]
1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
ripe grain.
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So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. --Milton.
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2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
cheese; ripe wine.
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3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
consummate. "Ripe courage." --Chaucer.
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.
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4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
sores, tumors, etc.
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5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
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While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.
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I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
bodies. --Burke.
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6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
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Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. --Shak.
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7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." --Shak.
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Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature.
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