ripen

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To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.

To approach or come to perfection.

To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.

To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

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The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience. Anthony the Great

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. Galileo Galilei

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus

With time and straw medlars ripen. Italian Proverb

A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground. Nigerian Proverb

Much travel is needed to ripen a man's rawness. English Proverb

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