• IPA: /ˈmætjʊɹeɪt/, /ˈmæt͡ʃəɹeɪt/

maturate (maturates, present participle maturating; simple past and past participle maturated)

1. (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC ↗:

     A tree may be maturated artificially.

2. (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
3. (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

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