Definition of maturesco
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LNS
mātūrescō, mātūrescere, mātūruī, -
maturus, maturo
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to become ripe, ripen, to come to maturity
Abbreviations
mātūresco, rui, 3, v. inch. n. [maturus], to become ripe, ripen, to come to maturity (class.). Lit., of fruits: cum maturescere frumenta inciperent, Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4; id. B. C. 3, 49: fructus maturescens, Plin. 16, 26, 44, ยง 107.

— Transf.: partus maturescunt ... novem lunae cursibus, * Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69: nubilibus maturuit annis, ripened to marriageable years, i. e. a marriageable age, Ov. M. 14, 335: libros opinabar nondum satis maturuisse, Quint. Inst. Ep. ad Tryph. 1: si virtutes ejus maturuissent, had come to maturity, to perfection, Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 5.
 
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