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Definitions for maturate
ˈmætʃ əˌreɪtmat·u·rate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mature, maturate, growverb

    develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

    "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

  2. senesce, age, get on, mature, maturateverb

    grow old or older

    "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

  3. fester, maturate, suppurateverb

    ripen and generate pus

    "her wounds are festering"

Wiktionary

  1. maturateverb

    To mature

  2. maturateverb

    to achieve suppuration

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  1. maturate

    To maturate means to fully develop or mature; to come to full growth or a completion state over a period of time. It can also refer to the process of a wound healing and forming pus.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maturateadjective

    to bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen

  2. Maturateadjective

    to promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess)

  3. Maturateverb

    to ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to suppurate

  4. Etymology: [L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to make ripe, fr. maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Maturate

    mat′ū-rāt, v.t. to make mature: (med.) to promote the suppuration of.—v.i. (med.) to suppurate perfectly.—ns. Mat′urant, a maturative; Maturā′tion, a bringing or a coming to maturity: the process of suppurating fully.—adj. Matū′rative, maturing or ripening: (med.) promoting suppuration.—n. a medicine promoting suppuration. [L. maturārematurus, ripe.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maturate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maturate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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