verb🔗ShareTo bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen."The cheese needs to maturate in a cool, dark cellar for several months before it's ready to eat. "biologyplantfruitfoodageprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess)."The doctor used a warm compress to maturate the small abscess on my arm, hoping to draw the infection to the surface. "medicinephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo undergo perfect suppuration."The doctor waited for the boil to maturate before lancing it and draining the pus. "medicinephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
