maturate

Verb
  1. Develop and reach maturity;
    Undergo maturation (synset 200251067)
    "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
    entail: age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce - grow old or older
    is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    subtypes:
    same as: grow, mature
  2. Grow old or older (synset 200248912)
    "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
    is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    subtypes:
    • turn - become officially one year older
    • fossilise, fossilize - become mentally inflexible
    • dote - be foolish or senile due to old age
    same as: age, get on, mature, senesce
  3. Ripen and generate pus (synset 200096520)
    "her wounds are festering"
    is a type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release - eliminate (a substance)
    same as: fester, suppurate
    verb group: mature, suppurate - cause to ripen and discharge pus

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